The Evening Brief: May 31, 2012
Your evening reading: James endorses Dewhurst; Cruz, Dewhurst square off on Fox News; Campbell won't accept money from tort-reform group Full Story
Your evening reading: James endorses Dewhurst; Cruz, Dewhurst square off on Fox News; Campbell won't accept money from tort-reform group Full Story
In this week's Insider, reporters Jay Root and Aman Batheja consider the winners and losers of Tuesday night's primary, who's headed to a runoff, who's likely to pull out a win in the U.S. Senate race and whether endorsements matter. Full Story
Nearly 100 local government entities in Texas have online access to a database with Texans’ employment information. This interactive shows which entities access the database — and how often. Full Story
Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst and Ted Cruz on Wednesday wasted no time jumping back into the political ring. Full Story
Candidates who couldn’t break the 50 percent threshold Tuesday have more campaigning to do to get to the general election. Victory in the July 31 runoff can depend on the size of the race and the money that a candidate has. Full Story
In Part 3 of our Fertile Ground series, The Texas Tribune takes a historical look at the role of government in family planning — a long-standing women's health initiative that has become entangled in the battle over abortion. Full Story
The Republican congressman from Lewisville on his objections to a law setting higher efficiency standards for lightbulbs and how he intends to stop the Department of Energy from enforcing the standards. Full Story
State Sen. Wendy Davis, D-Fort Worth, and the Department of Public Safety are sending a reminder message to Texas law enforcement agencies: They must follow a new state law requiring them to report their backlog of untested rape kits. Full Story
Ross, Emily, Reeve and Jay review the winners and losers of Tuesday's primary elections, look ahead to the upcoming runoffs, and consider what it all means for next session. Full Story
U.S. Rep. Silvestre Reyes, D-El Paso, officially conceded and offered his support to Democratic primary winner Beto O’Rourke in CD-16. Full Story
Your evening reading: Tuesday's biggest surprises; Straus says he's happy with the primary results; how Perry and Combs fared Full Story
House Speaker Joe Straus said Wednesday that he was happy with the election results in spite of the fact that he "lost a few friends." He added that he's confident he will get another term as speaker. Full Story
Primary night always provides some surprises, particularly when the election is later than usual. But some races caught even the best predictors off-guard. Here’s a look at the races where some pundits and pollsters got fooled. Full Story
Gov. Rick Perry and Comptroller Susan Combs gave a slew of endorsements this primary season. We've rounded up their picks to show which candidates won, lost or are headed to the runoffs. Full Story
Sen. Jeff Wentworth, R-San Antonio, might have expected a runoff. But instead of well-funded former Railroad Commissioner Elizabeth Ames Jones, he'll go up against Tea Party favorite Donna Campbell. Ben Philpott of KUT News and the Tribune reports. Full Story
Now that the ballots are counted, check out vote totals and election outcomes for candidates statewide with our complete primary election scoreboard. You can also use our brackets for an overview of who's headed to a runoff and who's soaring through to November. Full Story
The big day may be over, but a full slate of runoffs has turned summer into another election season in Texas. Full Story
Despite losses for moderate Republican candidates in several open seats — and the ousting of three incumbents — the ideological control of the State Board of Education won't be much different after this election cycle. Full Story
Tuesday's elections knocked off some key members of House Speaker Joe Straus' team and added numbers to the conservative contingent in the Texas Senate. Full Story
Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst and former Texas Solicitor General Ted Cruz, both GOP candidates for the U.S. Senate, will vie in one of multiple runoffs that Texas voters will decide in July. Full Story