Whether or not the outcome of tomorrow’s gubernatorial primary is conclusive — whether or not we have a runoff six weeks hence — we can say this with certainty: One of the five main candidates on the ballot will be the next governor of Texas. And this: 40 hours from now, we’ll know much more about the state’s coming political landscape than we do today. While we bide our time and wait for results, we present these final snapshots of the campaigns as they wound down.
Bill White
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In Closing: Bill White
“My job is to communicate to as many people as I can about where I’d like to go in the future of this state,” he said in Austin last week, “and to hope that people want a better future for this state and are willing to support somebody who will work for the people.”
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In Closing: Farouk Shami
“I’m a positive thinker. If I wasn’t sure of winning, I would not have put my foot in,” he said in his signature bullhorn tone, pressing his BlackBerry against his ear. “Hello? Hello? You’re speaking to the governor here.”
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2010: White Responds to Carney
Bill White’s campaign says it’s “focused on the issues that matter to our state’s future, not the divisive politics of Rick Perry” or his political consultant.
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2010: Carney: Bill White the “Longest of Long Shots”
Will Gov. Rick Perry’s campaign try to define Bill White as a “big city trial lawyer, anti gun, sanctuary city promoting, Clinton protégé DC politician”?
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2010: The Virtual Debate Continues
Democrat Bill White takes the same questions that the three GOP gubernatorial candidates faced from Common Sense Texans, the network that connects Texas tea parties. News alert: “His answers differ significantly,” the organizer said.
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The Brief: February 24, 2010
It’s Christmas every day for political junkies in these last moments leading up to the March 2 primary.
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2010: Perry, Hutchison Lead White in New Poll
The latest Rasmussen Poll has Democratic gubernatorial candidate Bill White still trailing Republicans Gov. Rick Perry and Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison in hypothetical general-election contests this fall.
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2010: Newspaper Endorsements: EPT for KBH, White, Kinky
The El Paso Times backs the favorite gubernatorial candidates of edit boards elsewhere and makes its pick in the anybody’s-guess Democratic primary for Ag Commissioner.
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Signs of Shami
Without El Paso, you know, it’d be like a campaign without sunshine for Farouk Shami. The Palestinian immigrant running as a Democrat for governor has made public overtures to Latinos, and it’s working: He’s drawing some of his most significant support from Hispanic Democrats in the Sun City.