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Inspired by Jon Stewart’s Washington, D.C., “Rally to Restore Sanity,” the nonprofit group Restore Sanity Austin will host a satellite rally on the Capitol's south steps this Saturday at 11 a.m.

In her latest ad, state Rep. Diana Maldonado, D-Round Rock, fires back at Republican challenger Larry Gonzales after he accused her of supporting higher property taxes.

Immigration is the focus of Democrat Bill White's latest television spot, which accuses Gov. Rick Perry of "making Texas less safe."

Governing magazine has recognized two Texas lawmakers in its 2010 class of Public Officials of the Year.

A Democratic PAC closes the HD-3 race with heavy advertising accusing a Republican challenger of dealing illegal drugs when he was younger.

The State Commission on Judicial Conduct isn't giving up on its attempt to reprimand Sharon Keller — in an unexpected move today, it appealed a court's dismissal of its sanction against Keller, the presiding judge of the Court of Criminal Appeals.

So how to create a likely voter model? Campaign pollsters typically use a combination of past voting history — available off the registered voter list — and current interest and engagement. Those who have voted in the past, as well as those who are jazzed about voting this year, tend to get into the likely electorate.

Your afternoon reading: more trouble for Sharon Keller, Paul Burka on vulnerable Democrats, and Stephen Broden on those "violent overthrow" comments 

A week out from Election Day, things — not surprisingly — aren't quieting down.

Gov. Rick Perry outraised his Democratic challenger, Bill White, by roughly $5 million in the last month, according to the latest reports with the Texas Ethics Commission.

Is the anti-career-politician, pro-outsider-businessman mood palpable in Texas? Yes. Is this preference for private-sector experience related to vote choice in the governor’s race? No.

Your afternoon reading: Chet Edwards and Bill Flores spar over Social Security, Tea Party group to turn over records to Democrats and Rick Perry targets Bill White over a police officer's death

Republican Gov. Rick Perry's newest ad features the widow of a slain Houston police officer who implies that then-Mayor Bill White's policies led to her husband's death.

Gov. Rick Perry has reached that magic number in the latest Texas Tribune/University of Texas poll.