This week, most mailboxes across Texas will get a notice from the U.S. Census Bureau. The message: Participate in the decennial count, which begins next week.
Matt Stiles
Matt Stiles covered government and politics for the Tribune, with a focus on data journalism, from 2009 to 2011. He oversaw and developed the Tribune’s library of web applications and interactive graphics. Previously, he was a government reporter at the Houston Chronicle. While there, he won the newspaper’s Jesse Award for service journalism and beat reporting and was its reporter of the year in 2007. Before joining the Chronicle, Stiles worked as a reporter for nearly four years at The Dallas Morning News.
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2010: On Twitter, Bill White Created NASA
The Democratic gubernatorial candidate also “kicks it” with Chamillionaire and does trigonometry — “IN SPANISH.” If only his smile could bring “a puppy back to life.”
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2010: Matt Mackowiak Opens His Wallet
The Republican primary is over, and now the GOP is lining up behind the governor — even the KBH loyalist who implored us to RETIRE RICK PERRY.
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Criminal Justice
Data App: How Much Votes Cost
Was Farouk Shami, in fact, “on fire”? The Democratic gubernatorial candidate burned through campaign cash, spending $135 for every vote he received in Tuesday’s primary on the way to getting trounced by Bill White — more than any other candidate on the ballot, and by far the most of any losing candidate. By contrast, Democratic land commissioner hopeful Bill Burton spent only 2 cents per vote in a narrow loss to Hector Uribe, who spent only 7 cents per vote himself. All told, candidates spent, on average, about $14 per vote. Explore each campaign’s bang for the buck in our latest data application.
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Rick Perry Victory Speech
Gov. Rick Perry told supporters that “conservatism has never been stronger than it is today, and we’re taking our country back.”
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KBH Concession Speech
Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison told supporters “we have fought valiantly for our principles, but we did not win.”
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Bill White Victory Speech
Former Houston Mayor Bill White speaking to supporters after his primary election victory.
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Congratulations!
Even though most of the focus for the last couple of months has been on the outcome of contested primaries, nearly half of the next Legislature has already been chosen.
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Judgment Day
Will gubernatorial contests that have already cost more than $51 million last another six weeks? Will there be runoffs in judicial, legislative, or other down-ballot races? Will Texas voters go for the smart ones, the rich ones, the kooks, the old pros, the kids, or the insurgents? We’ll soon know the answers to these and other pressing primary questions.
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On the Records: A Ballot Balance Sheet
Use our simple new data application to scan $150 million in campaign fundraising and spending by the major-party candidates on today’s ballot.