This week on The Ticket, Jay Root and Ben Philpott break down the campaign announcement speech of New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, and learn what kind of campaign he could run from WNYC’s Matt Katz, creator of The Christie Tracker.
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The Ticket was a weekly look at presidential politics from a Texas perspective in the leadup to the 2016 election. It included veteran political reporters Jay Root of The Texas Tribune and Ben Philpott of KUT News. Find it on SoundCloud and Stitcher.
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The Ticket: The Donald, Jeb! and Julie Mason
This week on The Ticket: Two big name Republicans joined the 2016 primary field this week. We’ll talk about Donald Trump and Jeb Bush with SiriusXM POTUS host Julie Mason.
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The Ticket: What Iowa and South Carolina Voters Want
This week on The Ticket, we asked Republican voters in Iowa and South Carolina what they want to hear when they come to a stump speech. And we interviewed Harry Enten of FiveThirtyEight.com on how early polling affects who makes the GOP debates.
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The Ticket: Ray Sullivan and Ben Carson
This week on The Ticket: With Rick Perry jumping into the GOP race, we talk with Opportunity and Freedom super PAC co-chair Ray Sullivan about Perry’s chances in his second run, and we analyze the Ben Carson campaign. Subscribe to the Ticket: iTunes Feedburner
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The Ticket: Carly Fiorina and Chris Cillizza
This week on The Ticket, we analyze Carly Fiorina’s presidential campaign and talk with Washington Post writer and The Fix blogger Chris Cillizza about how the 2016 race is shaping up.
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The Ticket: Bernie Sanders and Jim Hightower
This week on The Ticket: We dive into Bernie Sanders’ presidential announcement and speak with a Sanders supporter, former Texas Agriculture Commissioner Jim Hightower, about what we can expect from his campaign.
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The Ticket: Marco Rubio and George Seay
In this week’s episode of The Ticket, a co-production of the Trib and KUT, we break down the presidential announcement of Florida Sen. Marco Rubio and chat with his supporter George Seay, who was Rick Perry’s state finance chairman in 2012.
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The Ticket: Hillary Clinton and Garry Mauro
In this week’s episode of The Ticket, a co-production of the Tribune and KUT, Jay and Ben break down Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign announcement and talk with Garry Mauro, who’s unofficially working to elect Clinton president in 2016.
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The Ticket: Rand Paul and Matthew Dowd
In this week’s episode of The Ticket, a co-production of the Tribune and KUT, Jay and Ben break down the presidential campaign announcement speech of Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul and talk with Mathew Dowd, who directed George W. Bush’s 2004 re-election campaign.
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The Ticket: A Presidential Podcast
On the first-ever episode of The Ticket, our presidential podcast, Jay Root and Ben Philpott talk with former Texas GOP Chairman Steve Munisteri, who’s now working for Rand Paul, and dissect Sen. Ted Cruz’s presidential announcement speech at Liberty University.