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Bill White
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Moderate Democrat 2.0
Bill White is the sort of Democratic gubernatorial candidate Tom Schieffer had hoped to be. He’s well-funded. He’s got an organization and a base of voters. He’s the kind of moderate who can attract votes from independents and not just Democrats. And he never voted for George W. Bush.
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White’s Pitch to Texas
The start of Houston Mayor Bill White’s stump speech in Austin on Friday.
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State Government
2010: Shapleigh endorses Bill White
Houston Mayor Bill White hasn’t even announced yet that he’s running for governor. But state Sen. Eliot Shapleigh, D-El Paso, is endorsing him.
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Schieffer’s Out, Will Endorse White
Democrat Tom Schieffer dropped out of the gubernatorial race, saying he’ll endorse Houston Mayor Bill White and hopes other gubernatorial candidates will do the same.
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The Brief: November 23, 2009
U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison said she wanted to keep fighting the “government takeover of healthcare” — and now she’ll get her chance.
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White: Still Running for Senate. Really.
Houston Mayor Bill White, interviewed by Texas Tribune Editor-in-chief and CEO Evan Smith at the Center for Politics and Governance at the University of Texas at Austin’s LBJ School of Public Affairs. White said, once again, that he’s running for Senate and not governor.
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KBH won’t resign to run
Kay Bailey Hutchison won’t resign from the Senate to run for governor. Hutchison and her aides began calling other Republicans Friday afternoon to tell them to make other plans.
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2010: White sits tight
Bill White is still running for the U.S. Senate, according to aides and to White himself, in response to a flurry of weekend rumors that he’s switching to the race for governor.