Make no mistake: A Democrat running in a statewide race in Texas who is not losing by double-digits is doing relatively well. But this raises the larger question: Can Bill White actually win?
The Polling Center: Is Rick Perry Really Vulnerable?
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TribBlog: Mostyn Wins a Round
Democratic donor Steve Mostyn wins his latest round in a battle with state Rep. Larry Taylor, R-Friendswood. A judge has blocked the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association from giving Taylor information about Mostyn’s payouts in a massive windstorm settlement this year.
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Ads Infinitum: NRCC’s “Chet Edwards, He’s Not Independent”
A new ad in the CD-17 race from the National Republican Congressional Committee attacks the incumbent Democrat’s ties to the Washington establishment.
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TribBlog: Lax Labs
The state’s public health laboratories are in financial disarray, according to a report released by the state auditor’s office this morning.
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The Brief: Sept. 13, 2010
Not a fan of the political horse race? Just for today, hear us out.
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Texas Weekly’s Hot List, Vol. 2
Our latest look at the most competitive races on the Texas congressional and legislative ballots now includes five more contests, each with Democratic incumbents. If GOP exuberance turns out to be rational, these seats could be in play. Only one race changes categories this week: CD-23, which was Red last week but has been downgraded to Orange.
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Joe Jaworski: The TT Interview
The mayor of Galveston on the consequences of Hurricane Ike two years later: what was lost, why the island is worth rebuilding, the city’s newfound sense of regionalism, how worried residents should be about the next storm and why the coast needs an “Ike Dike.”
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Perry by 6 in Volatile Race
Gov. Rick Perry leads Bill White 39 percent to 33 percent in the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune poll, whose most interesting finding is a restless electorate dissatisfied with conventional choices up and down the ballot. In the governor’s race, 22 percent of respondents said they were undecided about which candidate to support with only seven weeks to go in the fall campaign. Third-party candidates are capturing enough of the vote to affect the outcomes of some statewide contests. And 31 percent of respondents — nearly one in three Texans — consider themselves part of the Tea Party movement.
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The Chisum Trail
The route to toppling House Speaker Joe Straus is littered with big obstacles and high hurdles. But it’s not completely impassable, which is why state Rep. Warren Chisum, R-Pampa, is considering a challenge. “I’m sticking my toe in the water and seeing if there’s any temperature there,” he told the Tribune on Friday. “Seems to be some temperature.”
