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Hutchison 40, Perry 38, Medina 3
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Public Education
The revolution will not be televised
It may not be Mad Men, but the State Board on Education will begin broadcasting its meetings online on Wednesday.
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Demographics
Both bases covered
Gov. Rick Perry and former New York Mayor and GOP presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani are traveling the state this week, touting anti-gang legislation and state border security efforts.
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Border Cameras: The Sequel
AUSTIN — Gov. Rick Perry gave Texas border sheriffs another $2 million for a virtual border wall of web cameras that in its first full year failed to meet nearly every law enforcement goal his office originally set.
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Demographics
Perry: More boots on the border
Gov. Rick Perry is expanding Operation Border Star, a multi-agency border security effort he launched in 2007, sending teams of Texas Rangers and National Guard troops to curb border crime and prevent spillover violence from Mexico.
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Demographics
Border cameras: Take two
Gov. Rick Perry gave Texas border sheriffs another $2 million for a virtual border wall of web cameras that in its first full year failed to meet nearly every law enforcement goal his office originally set.
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Political Startups
It’s the Labor Day break, a traditional starting point for political adventurers (as opposed to explorers) who will face the judgment of primary voters in six months.
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Rematch? No and maybe
Sen. Eliot Shapleigh, D-El Paso, won’t face another challenge from wealthy El Paso businessman Dee Margo in 2010, but freshman Rep. Joe Moody might.
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And in This Corner…
Texas Republicans are waiting to see what Kay will do. Everybody’s been talking about it for months and months.
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Third Time’s the Charm
After exploratory dry runs in 2002 and 2006, U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison formally announced her bid for governor of Texas before a sparse crowd in La Marque, starting a 19-stop, week-long tour of the state with a series of broadsides at the incumbent and a promise to return the state to Republican glory.
