Three statewide elected officials have their eyes on the lieutenant governor’s job now that David Dewhurst is running for U.S. Senate. They admit it’s early to be maneuvering for an election that’s almost three years away — but they admit it while pressing forward.
David Dewhurst
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Criminal Justice
TribWeek: In Case You Missed It
Aaronson on the rise in the state’s unemployment rate, Aguilar on the push to mandate use of an electronic employment verification program, Galbraith on fears about the drought’s impact on lake levels, Grissom on the latest in the Duane Buck case, Hamilton on the possible end of physics (academically speaking), Murphy updates our public employee pay app, Ramsey on David “Mitt” Dewhurst, Ramshaw on Rick Perry’s campaign swing through Virginia and Iowa, Root on the deletion of gubernatorial emails and M. Smith on the teaching of safe sex where you’d least expect it: The best of our best content from Sept. 12-16, 2011.
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A Candidate Without a Worst-Case Scenario
David Dewhurst is the Mitt Romney of the U.S. Senate race. He’s the candidate who has climbed the ladder in an orderly way. If you go for this sort of thing — and the Republican party often does — it’s his turn.
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Criminal Justice
Supreme Court Grants Last-Minute Stay of Duane Buck Execution
At about 7:40 p.m., the U.S. Supreme Court stayed the execution of Duane Edward Buck. His trial was one of several cases in which a psychologist told jurors that his race made him more dangerous.
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State Government
Jerry Patterson: The TT Interview
The Texas land commissioner on running for lieutenant governor (in an election that’s three years off), water and education and other issues facing the state and his potential foes — especially Comptroller Susan Combs.
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State Government
Will Wildfire Response Burn Perry on the Campaign Trail?
As Ben Philpott of KUT News and the Tribune reports, Gov. Rick Perry has a reputation of displaying strength in emergencies, but his recent behavior in responding to the Central Texas wildfires has struck some dissonant chords.
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Texplainer: Can Texas Use the Rainy Day Fund to Fight Wildfires?
Gov. Rick Perry has said the Rainy Day Fund should be preserved as an insurance policy against natural disasters, but Texas can’t actually dip into it until the next legislative session — in 2013.
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Video: A Conversation with Ted Cruz
Full video of my 9/9 conversation with U.S. Senate candidate Ted Cruz. We talked about President Obama’s jobs speech, the future of Social Security and the debt ceiling debate, among other topics that could impact his 2012 GOP primary race.
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Audio: Ted Cruz at TribLive
At our latest TribLive conversation, U.S. Senate candidate Ted Cruz talked about President Obama’s jobs speech, Social Security, the debt ceiling debate and his chief rival in the GOP primary, Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst.
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Dispute Continues Between Texas, Feds on Fire Assistance
Did the federal government drag its feet in providing disaster relief to the victims of the devastating Bastrop County fires? It depends on whom you ask. It’s the latest chapter in a dispute between Texas and the feds that began in April.
