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: Sure, most of the political attention is in the early primary states, but The Texas Tribune’s Jay Root and KUT’s Ben Philpott think the Texas primary on March 1 is still going to play a giant role in picking the next president. They talk with Texas Tribune Editor-in-Chief and CEO Evan Smith about the role the Lone Star State could have in both the Republican and Democratic primaries.

Ben and Jay taped this podcast right after the first Democratic debate; hear their thoughts on the candidates’ performance. 

Visit TheTicket2016.com, where you can find more episodes and links to subscribe on iTunes, SoundCloud and Stitcher.

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...