Two federal complaints filed by Dwayne Stovall, a Republican candidate for U.S. Senate, accuse fellow primary opponent and U.S. Rep. Steve Stockman of putting Texans’ personal information at risk.
Aman Batheja
Aman Batheja was a political reporter and editor for the Tribune from 2012 to 2019. Previously he worked for eight years at the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, most of that time covering state and local politics. A native of Cedarhurst, New York, he has an undergraduate degree in journalism and psychology from New York University and a master's in economics from the University of Texas at Arlington.
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Campaign Strategies Get Trickier When Runoff Elections Are Likely
An unusually large number of statewide primary candidates are expected to head into a runoff. For some campaigns, that likelihood has meant considering how their actions may impact a second round.
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Demographics
Texas PAC Funding Ad on Anti-Immigrant Rhetoric in GOP
A political action committee is buying airtime in the state’s biggest media markets ahead of Tuesday’s primary to run a TV ad decrying anti-immigrant rhetoric in this year’s Republican primaries.
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Politics
Hegar Amends Filing to Include Wife’s Income
State Sen. Glenn Hegar, a candidate for comptroller, amended his personal financial forms this week to include more information about his wife’s income and investments.
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Cruz Makes Distinction Between Endorsement and Praise
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz is maintaining a distinction between his official endorsement of five Republican primary candidates in Texas and his praise of several others.
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Politics
Truth Teller: Ted Cruz
We’ve partnered with The Washington Post to try Truth Teller, its fact-checking platform, on some politicians. In our first effort, we used a portion of Sen. Ted Cruz’s recent speech before the Texas Public Policy Foundation.
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Politics
Stockman Campaign Denies It Was Behind Mailer
U.S. Rep. Steve Stockman’s campaign for U.S. Senate is fighting back against allegations from GOP primary rivals that it is involved in third-party groups’ efforts to promote his campaign.
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Crownover Turns Attack Into Charity Drive
State Rep. Myra Crownover, R-Denton, turned a critical campaign mailer into a promotion for free coffee and a fundraising drive for a local charity.
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In TV Ad, Scherr Vows to “Fight for the Forgotten Texas”
El Paso lawyer Maxey Scherr is the second Democrat running for U.S. Senate to begin airing an ad on TV, after David Alameel of Dallas.
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Alameel TV Ad: Pull U.S. Troops Out of Afghanistan
David Alameel, a Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate held by John Cornyn, has spent hundreds of thousands of dollars this month to air his first television ad of the 2014 cycle around the state.