The Evening Brief: Texas Headlines for Nov. 9, 2012
Your evening reading: U.S. Supreme Court to take up challenge to Voting Rights Act; Canseco concedes; breaking down Tuesday's cost per vote
Your evening reading: U.S. Supreme Court to take up challenge to Voting Rights Act; Canseco concedes; breaking down Tuesday's cost per vote
Just three days after the election, speculation about 2014 and 2016 has already ramped up in Texas.
Your evening reading: Perry talks 2016; GOP congressman says immigration reform possible next year; Hughes vows to decentralize power in House
With the dust settling around the presidential election, what a second Obama terms means for Texas has come into focus.
Your evening reading: Canseco not conceding, alleges voter fraud; Perry says Obama has a "chance to start over"; in wake of election, conservative activists back Hughes for speaker
Republicans still reign in Texas, but the state's Democrats — while celebrating the re-election of President Obama — didn't go home empty-handed on Tuesday.
Your evening reading: voting extended two hours in Galveston County; last look at federal candidates' fundraising numbers; Cruz looking past likely victory tonight
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.
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.
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
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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Mitt Romney got an assist from Gov. Rick Perry over the weekend as the presidential campaign barreled toward the finish line.