Team Kay is on the television airwaves this week with an ad hitting Governor Rick Perry on transportation policy.
Ads Infinitum: KBH’s “Roads” TV Spot
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Chavez-Thompson Gets In
San Antonio’s Linda Chavez-Thompson has filed to run for the Democratic nomination for Lieutenant Governor. The former state and national labor leader is one of the few Hispanic Democrats to run for state-wide office in 2010. Ben Philpott, who’s covering the 2010 elections for KUT News and the Tribune, has this profile.
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Off to the Races!
Monday was the filing deadline for the 2010 elections, and the parties published preliminary lists of the people who want to run the state next year. By our tentative count, 89 members of the House won’t have major-party competition, while nine of the 16 senators on the ballot and four members of the state’s congressional delegation all apparently drew byes. The full ballots, as they stand now, are in our Election 2010 database.
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Demographics
Meet Linda Chavez-Thompson
She was born into a family of eight children near Lubbock, worked on cotton fields in her teens and later became a Hispanic labor leader. Now she’s running for lieutenant governor. We’ve packaged resources (in various media platforms) on the latest entrant to the race.
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Health care
No Country For Health Care, Part 2: The Trauma Hole
Emergency medicine doctors say trauma victims must receive care within the “golden hour” to survive. But many rural Texas counties aren’t anywhere near hospitals that can handle complex injuries or illness.
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Linda Chavez-Thompson Filing Day Remarks
The latest Democrat to enter the race for lieutenant governor makes her filing day speech in English, then Spanish.
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TribBlog: Kelly Fero Dies
Democratic political consultant Kelly Fero died this afternoon at his home in Austin.
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Energy
2010: Uribe Lands
Former state Sen. Hector Uribe, D-Brownsville, filed for land commissioner today, setting up a primary battle with Bill Burton of Athens. The winner will face Republican incumbent Jerry Patterson in November.
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State Government
2010: About That Strama Rumor
If you’ve heard the rumor about state Rep. Mark Strama, D-Austin, getting a federal appointment and not seeking re-election to the Texas House seat he’s held since 2005… it’s not true.
