More than a dozen state officials have at least $1 million in campaign money — and many of them face nominal financial competition this fall.
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State Government
Follow the Money
The mid-year campaign finance reports reveal which races have the attention of the political players. They’re a down-in-the-weeds look at where the fights will be this fall.
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The Brief: July 16, 2010
For fans of horse-race style politics, yesterday was a good day.
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2010: The $5.9 Million Man
Gov. Rick Perry raised $7.1 million from his last report through June 30, bringing his campaign’s cash on hand at mid-year to $5.9 million.
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2010: The $9 Million Man
Democrat Bill White hit the mid-year mark with more than $9 million in the bank for his November challenge to Gov. Rick Perry.
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The Brief: July 15, 2010
If campaign finance reports are a show of strength, House Speaker Joe Straus, R-San Antonio, is making a muscle.
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Demographics
The Weekly TribCast: Episode 37
In this week’s TribCast, Ross, Elise, Ben and Brandi discuss the issues framing Texas politics this week — education, immigration and campaign finance numbers.
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Criminal Justice
TribWeek: In Case You Missed It
Grissom, Hamilton, and Philpott on the Texas Democratic Party’s state convention, the two-step, the forecast, and the ticket; Galbraith on the political and environmental battle between state and federal environmental regulators, and on a new age of nukes in Texas; Burnson on signs of the times in San Antonio; Ramshaw on hackers breaking into the state’s confidential cancer database; Aguilar’s interview with Katherine Glass, the Libertarian Party’s nominee for governor; Acosta on efforts to stop ‘Murderabilia’ items that sell because of the association with killers; Ramshaw and the Houston Chronicle’s Terri Langford on the criminal arrest records of workers in state-funded foster care centers; Hu on accusations that state Sunset examiners missed problems with workers compensation regulators because they didn’t ask the right questions of the right people; Ramsey and Stiles on the rush to rake in campaign cash, and on political races that could be won or lost because of voter attraction to Libertarian candidates; and Aguilar’s fresh take on South Texas’ reputation for corruption. The best of our best from June 28 to July 3, 2010.
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Last Call
Tonight is the legally imposed reporting deadline for the next round of campaign finance reports, which is big deal for two reasons: Candidates want to show momentum and credibility at mid-year, and they love having an excuse to ask supporters to pony up before the clock strikes midnight. Hurry, hurry, hurry!
