Ross Ramsey

Ross Ramsey co-founded The Texas Tribune in 2009 and served as its executive editor until his retirement in 2022. He wrote regular columns on politics, government and public policy. Before joining the Tribune, he was editor and co-owner of Texas Weekly. He did a 28-month stint in government with the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts. Before that, he reported for the Houston Chronicle, the Dallas Times Herald, as a Dallas-based freelancer for regional and national magazines and newspapers, and for radio stations in Denton and Dallas.

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Straus Loses Lieutenants, and Senate Sees a Shift

By Ross Ramsey May 30, 2012

Tuesday's elections knocked off some key members of House Speaker Joe Straus' team and added numbers to the conservative contingent in the Texas Senate. Full Story

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Hughes Files for Speaker

By Ross Ramsey May 29, 2012

State Rep. Bryan Hughes, R-Mineola, filed papers saying he will run for speaker of the House in January, setting up another challenge for House Speaker Joe Straus. Full Story
Inside Intelligence: How's it Going?

By Ross Ramsey May 29, 2012

For this week's nonscientific survey of political and government insiders, we asked some questions from the latest UT/TT poll about the economy, the state of the state and the country, and the most important problems ahead. Full Story
News App: The 2012 Election Brackets

By Ross Ramsey, Ryan Murphy, Christopher Chang and Ben Hasson May 29, 2012

After months of campaigning and two weeks of early voting, it's finally time for the Texas primary. Use our election brackets to help you in your research and, after the results are in, to see which candidates advance. Full Story
Texas Weekly's Final Pre-Primary Hot List

By Ross Ramsey May 29, 2012

Time to reclaim your mailbox, your television, your home phone. The long-delayed Texas primary elections are finally here. Full Story

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Closing Time Comes Early

By Ross Ramsey May 29, 2012

Who's voting? What's that new PAC spending money on Michael Williams' behalf? What did the parties put in the red meat portion of their ballots? Full Story

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What to Watch for When Primary Results Come

By Ross Ramsey May 28, 2012

The long-delayed Texas primaries finally arrive Tuesday, and the results should offer a peek into the current political climate and a forecast of the state's politics over the next two years. Full Story

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TribWeek: In Case You Missed It

By Ross Ramsey May 26, 2012

The latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune poll on the Senate and presidential races, state races, anti-tax pledges, life and death, and other policy issues, Grissom and Murphy on prison exonerations in Texas, Hamilton visits Texas A&M's campus in Qatar, Murphy and Whitney chart some political endorsements, E. Smith asks Sen. John Carona about Dan Patrick, why he supports Democrats and what he thinks of the governor's anti-tax pledge, and Dehn's latest Weekend Insider: The best of our best content from May 21 to 25, 2012. Full Story

Credit: Illustration by Todd Wiseman
In West Texas, Tuesday May Just Be First Round

By Ross Ramsey May 25, 2012

In the Panhandle and South Plains, the political races are marked by redistricting, rematches, retirements — and resentment toward Washington, D.C. Full Story

Credit: Illustration by Todd Wiseman
What If the Dew Don't?

By Ross Ramsey May 25, 2012

A lot of people are rooting for David Dewhurst in the race for U.S. Senate — some because it would create a top political job opening in Texas. What if he loses? It would spoil a lot of ambitions. Full Story

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