It wouldn’t be a tsunami without a little aftershock.
David Muto
David Muto was the editor of TribTalk, The Texas Tribune's opinion page. He is also the Tribune's copy editor. A Richardson native, he attended the University of Texas at Austin, where he earned degrees in journalism and Spanish.
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The Midday Brief: Nov. 3, 2010
Your afternoon reading: further Republican gains, speaker’s race drama and Rick Perry on The Daily Show
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The Brief: Nov. 3, 2010
Texas Republicans will long remember the 2nd of November.
Posted inState Government
2010: Watkins Ekes Out a Win
While Democrats across the state have been falling all night, District Attorney Craig Watkins survived a re-election battle against Republican Danny Clancy in Dallas County.
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Red November
Rick Perry won his third full term as governor of Texas on Tuesday, defeating former Houston Mayor Bill White by a convincing double-digit margin and positioning himself for a role on the national stage. And he led a Republican army that swept all statewide offices for the fourth election in a row, took out three Democratic U.S. congressmen and was on its way to a nearly two-thirds majority in the Texas House — a mark the GOP hasn’t seen since the days following the Civil War.
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The Midday Brief: Nov. 2, 2010
Your afternoon reading: delays at polling places in Collin County and more Election Day voter fraud worries
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The Brief: Nov. 2, 2010
The big day’s here, and the Tribune has an endorsement.
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The Midday Brief: Nov. 1, 2010
Your afternoon reading: one more poll, more voter fraud drama and late money for DFW Republicans
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The Midday Brief: Oct. 29, 2010
Your afternoon reading: more voter fraud drama; plus, early voting — it may not be helping turnout
