After months of campaigning and two weeks of early voting, it’s finally time for the Texas primary. Use our election brackets to help you in your research and, after the results are in, to see which candidates advance.
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.
Posted inCourts, Criminal Justice, Demographics, Immigration, Public Education
Interactive: Political Action Committees’ Candidate Endorsements
Endorsements stack up, so we’ve prepared a big spreadsheet to show you who is getting the political support of some prominent interest groups, trade groups and political action committees.
Posted inCongress
Interactive: Congressional Candidates’ Pre-Primary Filings
Using the most recent campaign-finance reports filed by congressional candidates in Texas, we have compiled a list of the major numbers for those candidates.
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Criminal Justice
Texas Among Top 3 States in Total Exonerations
Researchers at two law schools Monday released an unprecedented listing of all the exoneration cases from the last 23 years. Only two states had more exonerations than Texas, according to the report.
Posted inHigher Education
Updated Interactive: Compare TX Universities By Graduation Rate
Texas higher education officials released the state’s second annual higher education almanac on Tuesday, and we’ve added the latest year of data to our interactive graphic. We’ve also made it possible to share links associated with specific visualizations.
Posted inState Government
Interactive: 30-Day Campaign Finance Report Summaries
We’ve updated our Campaign Finance Database with new data from the Texas Ethics Commission. All contributions and expenditures that occurred between Jan. 1 and April 30 are now searchable.
Posted inState Government
News App: Search 30-Day Report Contributors by Filer
On April 30, which was 30 days ahead of Texas’ May 29 primaries, participating candidates were required to file reports that represent all campaign-finance efforts leading up to the election. We have pulled all contribution data for filers between Jan. 1 and April 30 and made it searchable here.
Posted inState Government
Interactive: “Forward Commitment” Low-Income Housing Map
Use our interactive map to view the roughly 70 low-income housing projects that bypassed the state’s point system and got board-approved for coveted tax credit subsidies over the last decade — subsidies worth a combined $660 million.
Posted inState Government
Interactive: 82nd Session Interest Group Scorecards
With the May 29 elections rapidly approaching, the candidates are out in force and so are the groups that want to share their views of the candidates with you. Here’s a sampling of scorecards from some of the prominent interest groups.
Posted inPublic Education, State Government
Interactive: How Much Do Superintendents Make?
During the 2011 legislative session, we compiled a salary database of all the state’s highest-paid school administrators: superintendents. After a year and a $5.4 billion reduction in state funding to public education, we are doing it again.
