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Voters wait in line to cast their ballots at the Flawn Academic Center on the University of Texas at Austin campus on Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012 in Austin, Texas.

Your evening reading: voting extended two hours in Galveston County; last look at federal candidates' fundraising numbers; Cruz looking past likely victory tonight

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For this week's nonscientific survey of insiders from government and politics, we asked about the state and federal governments and about how they compare.

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Texans may have missed out on the presidential action, but with the big day finally here, they're about to find out how the state's down-ballot drama plays out.

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Your evening reading: what to watch for on Tuesday; early voting total in Texas down from 2008; attorney general rules employers can't restrict handguns in cars

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An endorsement by the most famous political independent in the country highlights a political fault line: the partisan division over the usefulness of science in policy making.

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Here's how to embed the Tribune's Election Scoreboard.

Use our simple tool to customize the Tribune's Election Scoreboard and embed it on your website. Sharing up-to-the-minute election results with your readers couldn't be easier.  

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Saturday was the third anniversary of the Tribune's first day in business. We're honored to still be in the game.

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Rick Perry stands in the spotlight while answering a question at the Smokey Row Coffee House in Oskaloosa, Iowa on December 28, 2011.

Mitt Romney got an assist from Gov. Rick Perry over the weekend as the presidential campaign barreled toward the finish line.

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Your evening reading: final pre-election campaign finance reports filed; state NAACP urges voters to report intimidation; Texas professor wins release of Watergate records

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As early voting wraps up and Election Day approaches, new revelations about the state's attempted dead-voter purge have surfaced.

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Your evening reading: another volley in international election observers controversy; state executes 250th inmate under Perry's watch; Post editorial compares Abbott to "post-Soviet autocrat"

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Less than a week before Election Day, a money mystery in Missouri's U.S. Senate race may lead back to Texas. 

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Rebecca Rankin, a family nurse practitioner, is the lead clinician at the Planned Parenthood clinic in Edinburg. Rankin has worked with Planned Parenthood for 15 years.

Your evening reading: launch of state-run Women's Health Program delayed; Cruz features father in new TV ad; economy and immigration top list of Texans' concerns in new UT/TT Poll

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State Rep. John Kuempel, R-Seguin, looks through redistricting maps on display during debate on the House floor on June 14, 2011.

Less than a week before Election Day, the politics of redistricting continue to reverberate in Texas.