It’s “time to become a private citizen,” the Dumas Republican said in a press release.
2010: Swinford Won’t Run Again
Last Man Standing, Part One
As a holiday gift to Tribune readers, I’m pleased to present Last Man Standing, my documentary about the 2002 Texas House race between Republican incumbent Rick Green and challenger Patrick Rose, a young Democrat who mounted his campaign while attending law school at UT-Austin.
Patrick Rose on “Last Man Standing”
Rep. Patrick Rose, D-Dripping Springs, discusses “Last Man Standing: Politics – Texas Style” and his political life since the film. Rose’s opponent in the movie, current Texas Supreme Court candidate Rick Green, declined to be interviewed.
2009’s Best Political Moments on Video
As Rick Perry says, “Texas is a unique place.” We rounded up the year’s most fantastic (and sometimes funny) video clips that prove it.
TribWeek: In Case You Missed It
Roll your own political videos … interactive travel maps of your federal and state legislators … scary movies, to keep the kids out of the border’s scary drug wars … puttting dropouts back in class … rates squeezing families out of home health care … how many lobby and trade associations do teachers in Texas need? … enjoying the silence before an expected two-month siege of political advertising … the dean of Texas political writers gets shut out of the gubernatorial debates … and we have an interactive database of the state’s best and worst public schools. The best of our best for a short news week, from December 19 to 26, 2009.
HuTube: A Multi-Platform Look Back
The multimedia/social media side of the TT operation has various projects and enterprises to connect you with in case you missed them over the past seven weeks.
T-Squared: We Wish You a Merry Tribmas
Here’s what to expect from us between now and January 4.
Grin and Bexar It
How are San Antonio Democrats reacting to the party’s embezzlement scandal?



