New in The Texas Tribune:

• "Lawyers for Duane Edward Buck sent Gov. Rick Perry a letter last night seeking a 30-day reprieve for the death row inmate who is scheduled to be executed this evening. State Sen. Rodney Ellis, D-Houston, former prosecutor Linda Geffin and Phyllis Taylor, one of Buck's victims, joined in the request." — Victim, Prosecutor, Senator Beg Perry for Reprieve

• "In his first return to Iowa since participating in back-to-back debates, Gov. Rick Perry will revisit the hand-shaking, small-town campaigning he does best." — After Back-to-back Debates, Perry Returns to Iowa

• "The Texas land commissioner on running for ...

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