Our interactive breakdown of campaign finance reports from the second half of 2013 includes the totals for candidates, expenditures, loans and cash on hand at the end of the year, and offers several ways to look at the details.
Ryan Murphy
Ryan Murphy worked at the Tribune from 2010 to 2019. As deputy data visuals editor, he created graphics, interactive stories and data-driven features, wrangled difficult datasets and worked on tools to make development for the team more efficient. He also oversaw the design and maintenance of our large-scale explorers.
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News App: The 2014 Election Brackets
Now that candidates have filed with their political parties and the parties have passed the information to the state, we have a list of the nearly 700 people running for state office.
Posted inState Government
Year in Review: Data and News Apps
From applications that helped readers follow the legislative session to mapping fracking disposal wells and much more, the Trib’s new news apps team had a busy 2013.
Posted inState Government
Interactive: Search Gov. Perry’s Pardons
Gov. Rick Perry has issued at least 221 pardon proclamations since taking office in December 2000. Use this database to search those declarations.
Posted inPolitics
2014 Election Brackets
The candidates have filed for the 2014 elections, and our election brackets — an idea lifted from the NCAA’s March Madness basketball brackets — are back. We’ll update these as officials from the state and large-county parties update their own lists.
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Politics
Most Candidates Won’t Release Tax Returns
Nearly four-fifths of the candidates currently vying for statewide office either did not respond to a Texas Tribune request to release their tax returns or declined to provide them.
Posted inDemographics, Economy
Interactive: Child Poverty by Texas County
Use this interactive to see which Texas counties have the highest rates of child poverty and unemployment, and to see which counties have the highest raw numbers of children in poverty or people who are unemployed.
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Interactive: Ranks of Texas’ Homeless Decline
Nearly 30,000 Texans were among more than 610,000 Americans who were homeless this year. But Texas was among the states with the largest decreases in the homeless population.
Posted inEconomy
Interactive: Texas Median Home Values by County
A U.S. Census Bureau report released this month analyzes median home values over three-year periods. Use this interactive to explore the changes in Texas home values.
Posted inState Government
Interactive: 2014 Pencil Brackets, With Filings
We’ve updated our pencil brackets — an unofficial listing of candidates’ intentions for the next election year — to indicate who has officially filed to run in 2014.
