The latest Republican Party Of Texas news from The Texas Tribune.
The start of early voting marks the beginning of the final two-week sprint for candidates — and also, in the case of the GOP primary, for activists pushing propositions on the ballot that define the party's stance on a series of hot-button issues. Ben Philpott, who's covering the 2010 elections for KUT News and the Tribune, filed this report. Full Story
Editorial boards in Beaumont, Lubbock, Marshall and Wichita Falls join their big-city brethren. Full Story
"Should be ashamed." Full Story
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The GOP gubernatorial candidate tries to get out in front of the Glenn Beck-fueled controversy. Full Story
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A new poll shows GOP gubernatorial candidate Debra Medina within striking distance of second place — and a spot in a runoff. Full Story
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The Perry campaign counters the litany of Bushies for Kay with a roster of Reaganites for Rick. Full Story
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Rick Perry's other Super Bowl party guest pulls no punches about Barack Obama. Full Story
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In blood-red Texas, 19 border legislative races are up for grabs in 2010 — but Republicans are running in only 6. And only 2 GOP candidates have raised any significant cash so far. Full Story
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Dallas County Republicans are jockeying for a chance to topple two freshman Democrats who seized House districts in 2008. The incumbent Dems — hoping to claim their first House majority in eight years — are girding for battle. Full Story
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They came, they saw, they sounded off. For Friday night's gubernatorial primary debate, the Tribune and Austin's KXAN-TV partnered to host a focus group of 10 undecided Republican voters. They watched the hour-long face off between Rick Perry, Kay Bailey Hutchison, and Debra Medina with us, and they pulled no punches when sharing their thoughts after the show. Full Story
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Dallas County — the first big county in Texas to flip from red to blue, back in 2006 — is a must-win for Democrats vying for statewide office. Ben Philpott, covering the 2010 elections for KUT News and the Tribune, filed this report. Full Story
The three Republican gubernatorial candidates — Kay Bailey Hutchison, Debra Medina, and Rick Perry — met for the second, and probably final, time in Dallas tonight. We came, we watched, we wrote, live-blogging all the way. Full Story
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In the Information Age, it still takes the major political parties in Texas three weeks to figure out who should be listed on their state ballots. Full Story
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Some deep-pocketed trial lawyers didn't make the Twenty Who Gave Plenty list. Why not? Full Story
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What's it like to be a person who wages a no-win campaign but, by taking votes away, dooms the chances of one or more of the other candidates in the race? Mark White knows. Kinky Friedman knows. Debra Medina could soon find out. Full Story
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Rick Perry's Blogger Summit featured big-name speakers, social media strategizing and a chance to shoot guns with the Governor. What it didn't feature: much talk about Texas. Full Story
... against Washington, of course, and the less-than-resolute wing of his party: An interview with the Texas Railroad Commissioner, who'd like very much, thank you, to be the next Marco Rubio. Full Story
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Let's say, thanks to Debra Medina, neither Rick Perry nor Kay Bailey Hutchison cracks 50 percent in the Republican gubernatorial primary. What exactly happens next? When? And which of the two top finishers will have the edge? Full Story
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Now that she'll join Rick Perry and Kay Bailey Hutchison on stage at the second GOP debate — now that she's cracked spoiler-worthy double digits in the latest poll and will fundraise, Ron Paul-style, through an online "money bomb" — it's fair to ask what longshot gubernatorial candidate Debra Medina is in it for. Full Story
James Baker enters the fray. Full Story
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