Campaign Roundup: The Week's Political News
Some of the Republican U.S. Senate candidates fight to appeal to the right, and a domestic partner becomes the centerpiece in a race for the State Board of Education. Full Story
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Campaign Chatter
No endorsement yet, but the foreshadowing from Texans for Lawsuit Reform is pretty obvious in San Antonio's Senate race; they're for the challenger. Full Story
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Campaign Roundup: The Week's Political News
Expect to see some heavy artillery in the state Senate race in Central Texas. Full Story
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Updated: Ames Jones to Challenge Wentworth
Railroad Commission Chairwoman Elizabeth Ames Jones will end her campaign for the U.S. Senate to run instead for the Texas Senate against incumbent Jeff Wentworth, R-San Antonio. Full Story
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Campaign Chatter
Ted Cruz tries to lure David Dewhurst into a fight, while Tom Leppert taunts them both in a new TV ad. Full Story
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The Brief: Nov. 2, 2011
Dwarfed by presidential politics, the race for U.S. Senate in Texas remains fluid, according to the new University of Texas/Texas Tribune poll. Full Story
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Campaign Roundup: The Week's Political News
State campaign news, candidate announcements, retirements and rumors from the past week. Full Story
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UT/TT Poll: Top Pick for U.S. Senate? Undecided
Half of all GOP voters haven't decided who should be their nominee for the U.S. Senate, according to the new University of Texas/Texas Tribune poll. Full Story
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Campaign Chatter
Start this week's list by scratching off some names. Full Story
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Dewhurst, Leppert Evenly Matched in Campaign Funds
Republican U.S. Senate candidates David Dewhurst and Tom Leppert are neck and neck in cash-on-hand totals, according to third-quarter FEC filings, outpacing next-closest candidate and fellow Republican Ted Cruz. Full Story
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Ante Up
The race for the GOP nomination for the U.S. Senate seat in Texas is going to be pricey. Full Story
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Ads: Dewhurst vs. Obama; Cruz vs. Chupacabra
U.S. Senate candidates David Dewhurst and Ted Cruz have new online ads, with Dewhurst assailing the president and Cruz hunting for the elusive chupacabra. Full Story
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A Candidate Without a Worst-Case Scenario
David Dewhurst is the Mitt Romney of the U.S. Senate race. He's the candidate who has climbed the ladder in an orderly way. If you go for this sort of thing — and the Republican party often does — it’s his turn. Full Story
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TribLive: Cruz on Social Security
At our latest TribLive conversation, U.S. Senate candidate Ted Cruz talked about Social Security — whether it's a Ponzi scheme, as Gov. Rick Perry says, and how it can be fixed. Full Story
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TribLive: Cruz on Obama's Jobs Speech
At our latest TribLive conversation, U.S. Senate candidate Ted Cruz talked about President Obama's jobs speech — and what he would do differently. Full Story
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Audio: Ted Cruz at TribLive
At our latest TribLive conversation, U.S. Senate candidate Ted Cruz talked about President Obama's jobs speech, Social Security, the debt ceiling debate and his chief rival in the GOP primary, Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst. Full Story
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Video: A Conversation with Ted Cruz
Full video of my 9/9 conversation with U.S. Senate candidate Ted Cruz. We talked about President Obama's jobs speech, the future of Social Security and the debt ceiling debate, among other topics that could impact his 2012 GOP primary race. Full Story
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TribLive: Cruz on the Debt Ceiling Debate
At our latest TribLive conversation, U.S. Senate candidate Ted Cruz talked about the debt ceiling debate — why he would have voted no and why the threat of default was political theater. Full Story
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TribLive: A Conversation with Ted Cruz
At last Friday's TribLive conversation, U.S. Senate candidate Ted Cruz talked about President Obama's jobs speech, Social Security and the debt ceiling debate. Full Story
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TribWeek: In Case You Missed It
M. Smith on Rick Perry's allergic reaction to federal school money, E. Smith elicits Ted Cruz's take on David Dewhurst, Root and Ramshaw cover Perry's first presidential debate, Ramshaw and Aguilar poke at Perry's immigration record and how it plays among Republicans, Hamilton on the dash for top status among Texas colleges, Galbraith on an environmental ruling from the White House that got conservative applause and one that didn't, Grissom has the latest on the Willingham arson case and the state's plans to look at other fires and Aaronson's widget for comparing the presidential candidates: The best of our best content from Sept. 5 to 9, 2011. Full Story
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