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• Codependent Candidates Use Others' Supporters

  By Ross Ramsey July 6, 2012

  If activists show up for the primary runoffs to help a particular candidate, does that help other candidates of the same political stripe? Full Story 

• Senate Runoff Raises Debate Stakes

  By Ross Ramsey July 6, 2012

  Debate prep is futile. Full Story 

• Inside Intelligence: About Those House Incumbents...

  By Ross Ramsey July 3, 2012

  For this week's nonscientific survey of government and political insiders, we asked about four House contests where incumbents find themselves in runoffs. Full Story 

• Court Stays the Course on Politics and Business

  By Ross Ramsey June 29, 2012

  Corporations and unions can play in politics, but complete disclosures are not required. A corporate political campaign in Texas two years ago was unusual, featuring an unknown corporation that was open about what it was doing. Full Story 

• Quitting Accidentally and Other Campaign Notes

  By Ross Ramsey June 29, 2012

  Bowie Democrat Lanhon Odom was unopposed in the HD-68 primary and says there was a hot race for district judge on the GOP ballot at home. So he voted in that primary. Oops. Full Story 

• A Tale of Two Parties

  By Ross Ramsey, Morgan Smith, Julián Aguilar and Jay Root June 29, 2012

  Big tents and boos on one hand, and talk about how to start a fire on the other: Notes from the Republican Party's convention in Fort Worth and from the Democratic Party's convention in Houston. Full Story 

• Inside Intelligence: In Those Congressional Runoffs...

  By Ross Ramsey June 26, 2012

  For this week's nonscientific survey of political and governmental insiders, we asked about four of the congressional runoffs on the July 31 ballot. Full Story 

• Suing the State? You'll Need State's Permission

  By Ross Ramsey June 25, 2012

  The state is in a unique negotiating position when someone wants to file a lawsuit over a contract: You can't sue the state without the state's permission. Full Story 

• TribWeek: In Case You Missed It

  By Ross Ramsey June 23, 2012

  Aguilar on the aftermath of changes in U.S. immigration policy, Batheja on how the Republican candidates for Senate are handling that sensitive issue, KUT's Philpott on new driver's license laws and immigration, M. Smith on racial tensions and an ousted police chief in Jasper, Galbraith on the state's efforts to limit electric service blackouts, Hamilton on the hot Campbell-Wentworth Senate runoff in Central Texas, Murphy maps the May primary voting, Root on the restoration of the arson-damaged Texas Governor's Mansion and Dehn's latest Weekend Insider on obese Texans: The best of our best content from June 18 to 22, 2012. Full Story 

• Some Political Players Take a Pass on Primary

  By Ross Ramsey June 22, 2012

  Turnout was relatively low in the state's May primaries. In some counties, one party or the other didn't muster a single vote, even from the most dedicated partisans. Full Story