The latest Griffin Perry news from The Texas Tribune.
So far, Republican Rick Perry’s campaign has dominated the governor's race with a steady stream of attacks against Democratic challenger Bill White — but as Ben Philpott of KUT News and the Tribune reports, the White campaign is finally fighting back. Full Story
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Texans for Public Justice, a nonprofit watchdog group, filed a complaint today urging the Texas Ethics Commission to require Gov. Rick Perry to provide detailed reports of campaign expenditures on the Governor's Mansion. Full Story
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According to a new poll released by Public Policy Polling, Democratic challenger Bill White is running neck and neck with incumbent Republican Gov. Rick Perry. Full Story
It's official: A speaker's race is a go. Full Story
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It was the cluck heard 'round the world. Full Story
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An interview with Dave Carney, the general political consultant to Gov. Rick Perry. Full Story
An interview with Dave Carney, the general political consultant to Gov. Rick Perry. Full Story
An interview with Dave Carney, the general political consultant to Gov. Rick Perry. Full Story
During last weekend's GOP convention in Dallas, the chief consultant to Rick Perry's re-election campaign talked to the Tribune about the strategy behind his strategy, why many people believe a Perry run for president is coming, the mistake that Bill White is making, the canard of the "39 Percent Governor" and the whole states-versus-the-feds thing. Full Story
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The latest Rasmussen Report poll results show incumbent Gov. Rick Perry with an 8-point lead over his Democratic challenger, Bill White. Full Story
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Is the boiling battle between Texas and the Environmental Protection Agency slowing to a simmer? Full Story
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As the dust settled Tuesday, details of the college football kerfuffle-that-wasn't became a little clearer. Full Story
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Texas officials have halted the placement of foster care children at Daystar and have assigned the Houston-area residential treatment center a state monitor following revelations of a staff-instigated “fight club” incident two years ago and a new incident that has come to light this past week: a possible sexual assault of a girl living at the facility. Full Story
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The ouster of Cathie Adams as the titular head of the Republican Party of Texas was the biggest news at its biennial convention this weekend. There was also open hostility toward Speaker Joe Straus, predictable fretting about a rift between moderates and conservatives and, of course, a laser-like focus on the state GOP's common enemy: Washington. Full Story
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On Saturday, the Libertarian Party of Texas chose Houston attorney Katherine Youngblood Glass to challenge Gov. Rick Perry and Bill White this November. Full Story
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The humorist, singer, and sometime Democrat Kinky Friedman addressed delegates of the Libertarian Party of Texas yesterday. On his mind: what Debra Medina should have said to Glenn Beck, why the "Tea Party folks are like Barbara Jordan" and sex with horses. Full Story
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Dave Carney, general consultant to Gov. Rick Perry, says he had nothing to do with efforts to get the Green Party's candidates on the Texas ballot. Full Story
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The potential Green Party drain of votes away from the Democrats is probably pretty small. Full Story
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Live-blogging from the biennial convention of the Republican Party of Texas. Full Story
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Rick Perry and Kay Bailey Hutchison are together again, politically speaking. Hutchison told a crowd of Republican women in a packed ballroom at the downtown Dallas Hyatt that she's backing Perry for governor and that they should, too. Full Story
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