The Ticket was a weekly look at presidential politics from a Texas perspective in the leadup to the 2016 election. It included veteran political reporters Jay Root of The Texas Tribune and Ben Philpott of KUT News. Find it on SoundCloud and Stitcher. More in this series

This week on The Ticket: The Tribune’s Jay Root and KUT’s Ben Philpott dive into the billions of dollars flowing through our campaign finance system. They give a history of campaign finance to explain what led to past regulations. And they examine how the unchecked millions flowing through Super PACs has affected the 2016 race for the White House.

 

The Ticket is hosting a live show and debate watching party Sept. 16 during the second GOP primary debate. Click HERE for details and to RSVP.

 

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Ben Philpott is a senior reporter for KUT-FM, Austin’s National Public Radio affiliate. He has been covering state politics and dozens of other topics for the station since 2002, during which time he...

Jay Root is an award-winning journalist who reported for the Tribune from 2011 to 2020. He covered the dramatic collapse of Gov. Rick Perry’s 2012 presidential campaign and went on to write an ebook...