Democratic Gubernatorial candidate Farouk Shami is counting on your votes to put him in office, but records show his own voting history is inconsistent. There’s no evidence that he’s ever voted in a Democratic primary — but he did vote in the Republican primary in 2000.
Combing Over Shami’s Voting Record
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Health care
TribBlog: Anita Perry Says Women Should Disregard New Breast Cancer Recommendations
First Lady Anita Perry is speaking out against new breast cancer screening recommendations made by a federal task force last month.
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Criminal Justice
On the Records: A Data Challenge for Texas
What are state and local governments in Texas doing to make raw data available to the public? Not much.
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Higher Education
TribBlog: Facebook is Like, Real, Says UT Study
Researcher finds social networking allows genuine, not idealized, personalities to shine through
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2010: Hutchison’s In; Here’s How She Said It
U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison is in the governor’s race, if you were still on pins and needles about that. She starts with promises of property tax reform, a leadership shake-up at the Texas Department of Transportation, and a list of other problems she’d like to address.
Posted inState Government
2010: KBH Calls it for White
Sorry, Farouk. U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison called the Democratic gubernatorial primary for Houston Mayor Bill White .
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The Brief: December 7, 2009
If Thursday was Gov. Rick Perry’s day, and Friday belonged to Bill White, then today is a day for Kay Bailey Hutchison.
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Politics
Party Matters
Candidates from both sides of the spectrum are self-recruited and responsible for their own campaigns. So what’s the value of a relationship with the state’s political parties?
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On Being a Black Republican
Wallace Jefferson, the chief justice of the Texas Supreme Court, on what race has to do with politics, why he’s a member of his party, and whether the GOP has been sufficiently hospitable to African Americans.
