We’ve updated our campaign finance database to reflect state contribution and expenditure data reported by candidates and committees 30 days before Election Day. Use our tool to find out how much money was being spent in the final weeks of the 2012 election cycle.
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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Interactive: 2012 Early Voting Totals in 15 Counties
Using data collected by the Texas Secretary of State’s office, which provides early voting totals for the 15 counties with the most registered voters, we have built an interactive way to explore these numbers.
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Texas Weekly Hot List — With Campaign Finance Totals
Our latest look at the hottest races on the Texas ballot includes the money those candidates reported in their latest campaign finance disclosures.
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A Compilation of Texas Newspaper Endorsements in Key Races
As Election Day nears, editorial boards at newspapers across Texas have begun endorsing candidates. Here’s a list of official endorsements in particularly competitive or noteworthy races. We’ll update the list as endorsements come in.
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Interactive: Find Your Statewide Districts
Early voting in Texas is under way for the Nov. 6 general election. In an effort to remind our readers of their districts, we have revived and revamped the district discovery tool we deployed during this year’s redistricting battle, except this time without the comparison to last election’s districts.
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Interactive: TX Super PAC Contributors, Oct. 2012
New campaign finance reports filed this month show that Texans gave another $5 million to Super PACs, bringing the overall total to $83.1 million.
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Interactive Map: Viewing Presidential Contributions by ZIP Code in Texas
With less than a month to go before the presidential election, we have updated our interactive map of Texas donors to presidential candidates by ZIP code.
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Updated Data App: Government Salaries
We’ve updated the data for 13 agencies in our government employee salary database. This update includes new information for the Austin Community College system, Houston ISD, the city of San Antonio and Angelo State University.
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Interactive: Texas Super PAC Contributors
New campaign finance reports filed in September show that Texans are still giving generously to Super PACs. The top givers included Houston homebuilder Bob Perry, who gave $2 million to the pro-GOP American Crossroads, and former Texas Trial Laywers Association President Steve Mostyn and his wife, Amber, who gave $1.5 million to Democrat-supporting groups.
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Texas Tribune Higher Education Explorer
Texas has 148 public and private colleges and universities but no single source for easily finding statistics about how well they perform. This easy-to-navigate interactive database lets you explore key academic, enrollment and cost records on all of Texas’ institutions of higher learning.
