What’s normal in Texas general elections — legislators in one party endorsing candidates challenging colleagues from the other party — is turning up in primaries.
2014 elections
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Demographics
TribLive: Staples on Undocumented Immigrants
At Thursday’s TribLive conversation, Agriculture Commissioner Todd Staples, a 2014 candidate for lieutenant governor, talked about his opposition to in-state tuition and other state programs for undocumented immigrants.
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Politics
TribLive: Staples on Why He’s Running
At Thursday’s TribLive conversation, Agriculture Commissioner Todd Staples explained why he decided to run for lieutenant governor in 2014.
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Politics
TribLive: Staples on His Opponents
At Thursday’s TribLive conversation, Agriculture Commissioner Todd Staples, a 2014 candidate for lieutenant governor, talked about his three Republican opponents.
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Politics
Pauken Calls for More Vocational Education in Web Ad
In a new web ad, Republican gubernatorial candidate Tom Pauken criticizes what he calls “an elitist educational system pushing everybody to go to a four-year university.”
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Abbott and Davis Fight Before Fight Begins
They haven’t even won their respective primaries yet, but the leading candidates for Texas governor — Republican Greg Abbott and Democrat Wendy Davis — are engaged in a bitter fight in federal court. It’s not over who should be governor. It’s about money — and bragging rights.
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Politics
Smitherman Promotes “Conservative Crusade” in Ad
In a new web ad, Republican attorney general candidate Barry Smitherman invites voters to join his “conservative crusade” and highlights his experience in the “courtroom, boardroom and running major state agencies.”
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Politics
Abbott Proposes Constitutional Limits to Spending, Rainy Day Fund
In his first major policy address as a gubernatorial candidate, Attorney General Greg Abbott proposed tighter constitutional limits on state spending and increased constraints on the Rainy Day Fund.
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Huffines Will Challenge Carona in SD-16 Primary
Dallas developer Donald Huffines, who has never run for office but comes from a well-known family, confirmed Monday that he will challenge state Sen. John Carona in next year’s Republican primary.
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Politics
Davis Hits Cruz on Shutdown, Rejects Comparison to Filibuster
Sen. Wendy Davis, the Democratic candidate for governor, offered her harshest assessment yet of U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, criticizing the Republican’s role in the government shutdown. She also rejected comparisons between Cruz’s actions and her June filibuster.
