The U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in a federal campaign finance case could have an immediate affect on state elections here in Texas, where a ban on corporate contributions has been on the books. Ben Philpott, who’s covering the governor’s race for KUT News and the Tribune, filed this report.
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State Government
Who’s Got What
A review of campaign finance reports for the period from July to December 2009 reveals that some candidates for the Texas House are capable of raising serious money.
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Criminal Justice
Mapping the Money Race
To better understand the geography of the money race, we mapped the candidates’ contributions by city, using graduated symbols to highlight their most lucrative areas. The bubbles in the maps get larger based on the percentage of a candidates’ total take.
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Congress
2010: McDonald’s Rewind
Democrat Jack McDonald surprised his supporters last month by dropping his 10-month bid for Congress. He said at the time he’d give money back to donors who want it back. Now come the details, in an email from the candidate to supporters.
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Criminal Justice
Openly Hostile
Kay Bailey Hutchison says Texas government should be more transparent. Rick Perry says it already is. Let the sniping begin.
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Who’s Funding the Governor’s Race?
To find the most-common occupations among the thousands of people who’ve donated to the major candidates in the last year, we created word clouds, a visualization technique that boosts the size of words depending on their frequency.
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State Government
2010: Following the Money
In spite of what both campaigns said last month, agriculture commission candidate Hank Gilbert got two-thirds of his money from gubernatorial candidate Farouk Shami. Gilbert reported it to the state; Shami didn’t. And both Democrats say the money had nothing to do with Gilbert’s decision to get out of Shami’s race.
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Criminal Justice
Data App: Governor’s Race Cash
Search more than $35 million in campaign donations and loans collected by the top candidates in the governor’s race. You can also explore how they spent the money.
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State Government
On the Records: Ready, Set, File
Today the campaigns file reports itemizing their donations and expenditures.
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State Government
2010: White’s Money
The former Houston mayor reported raising $2.5 million from Dec. 4, when he got into the race, and the end of 2009: about $90,000 a day.
