Amid recent speculation that some Republicans could look to draft Rick Perry as a possible third-party candidate for president, Perry’s former campaign manager said the former Texas governor has no interest in such an effort.
Abby Livingston
Abby Livingston joined The Texas Tribune in 2014 as the publication's first Washington bureau chief, and departed August 2022. In this role, she covered members in the Texas congressional delegation and campaigns back in the home state. A seventh-generation Texan, Abby grew up in Fort Worth and graduated from the University of Texas at Austin. Prior to the Tribune, Abby worked for NBC, CNN, National Journal and Roll Call. At the Tribune, she won the 2017 National Press Club Award for Washington regional reporting and the Society of Professional Journalists' 2018 Sigma Delta Chi Award for Washington correspondence. Abby is a contributing writer to the Almanac of American Politics and frequently appears on MSNBC, CNN and Sirius XM radio. She also had a role on an episode of "The Bold and The Beautiful." In keeping with the Trib’s great history of hiring softball stars, Abby is a three-time MVP (the most in game history) for The Bad News Babes, the women’s press softball team that takes on female members of Congress in the annual Congressional Women’s Softball breast cancer charity game.
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More Flash Than Bang at Capitol Open-Carry Demonstration
Also, Texas intervenes in a land dispute between the feds and landowners along the Red River and the U.S. House votes to intervene in a challenge to President Obama’s executive action on immigration.
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Cruz Drops Two New TV Ads Ahead of Utah, Arizona Contests
Also, Ted Cruz creates a new energy policy task force for his campaign and rounds up an endorsement from a prominent voice among House establishment Republicans.
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Economy
As Oil Prices Fell, Texas Campaign Donations Followed
For decades, the petroleum industry has largely fueled Texas’ influence in national Republican politics. But operatives are seeing early signs that the current oil bust has depressed the sector’s political giving.
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Politics
Alongside Hannity and Fiorina, Cruz Calls Trump an Insider and “Weak” on Terrorism
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz ratcheted up his criticisms Friday of Donald Trump during an event at an evangelical church in Orlando, painting the real estate mogul as an active participant in what Cruz has long labeled the “D.C. cartel.”
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Politics
Historic Nature of Latina’s Campaign Drew Attention But Not Enough Support
In South Texas, a candidate named Dolly Elizondo had a chance to make history as the first Latina from Texas to serve in Congress. Those involved say she struggled to translate national interest into sufficient local support.
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Cruz Announces Another Big Fundraising Haul, Adds Money Men
In other Cruz news, the candidate will sit down with Jeb Bush ahead of next week’s Florida primary. And Kay Bailey Hutchison joins the No Labels movement.
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Politics
Cruz Needles Trump in Tame GOP Debate
The Republican presidential hopefuls were on their best behavior at Thursday night’s debate, with almost no insults, ad hominem attacks, mockery or commentary about candidate appendages.
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Politics
Carly Fiorina Endorses Ted Cruz
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz has added former GOP presidential rival Carly Fiorina to his list of endorsements. On Wednesday, the former Hewlett Packard CEO joined Cruz onstage during a rally in Miami.
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Cruz Competes in Five States Over The Weekend
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz has an opportunity to cut into real estate magnate Donald Trump’s lead in the GOP presidential contest in a handful of GOP presidential contests Saturday and Sunday.
