Whether or not the outcome of tomorrow’s gubernatorial primary is conclusive — whether or not we have a runoff six weeks hence — we can say this with certainty: One of the five main candidates on the ballot will be the next governor of Texas. And this: 40 hours from now, we’ll know much more about the state’s coming political landscape than we do today. While we bide our time and wait for results, we present these final snapshots of the campaigns as they wound down.
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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In Closing: Bill White
“My job is to communicate to as many people as I can about where I’d like to go in the future of this state,” he said in Austin last week, “and to hope that people want a better future for this state and are willing to support somebody who will work for the people.”
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2010: White Responds to Carney
Bill White’s campaign says it’s “focused on the issues that matter to our state’s future, not the divisive politics of Rick Perry” or his political consultant.
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2010: Carney: Bill White the “Longest of Long Shots”
Will Gov. Rick Perry’s campaign try to define Bill White as a “big city trial lawyer, anti gun, sanctuary city promoting, Clinton protégé DC politician”?
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Criminal Justice
On the Records: Bonus Round
Eleven employees in the state’s treasury division got $360,000 in bonuses last year.
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Politics
2010: Perry, Hutchison Lead White in New Poll
The latest Rasmussen Poll has Democratic gubernatorial candidate Bill White still trailing Republicans Gov. Rick Perry and Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison in hypothetical general-election contests this fall.
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State Government
2010: Spending Spree [Updated]
The five major candidates in the governor’s race spent $24 million from Jan. 22 to Feb. 20.
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TribBlog: Staples Hacked
Don’t click that link! Agriculture Commissioner Todd Staples is the latest “phishing” victim on Twitter.
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Criminal Justice
On the Records: 10 Days, Give or Take
Did it just get easier for governmental agencies in Texas to delay releasing public information?
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Criminal Justice
Data App: Day Care Danger
More than 120 federally subsidized day care centers had their licenses denied or revoked by the state for violations of regulations and minimum standards in the last two years. Map their locations and drill down into the records by the provider name or action taken by the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services.
