Team Kay is on the television airwaves this week with an ad hitting Governor Rick Perry on transportation policy.
Griffin Perry
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The Brief: January 4, 2010
As we approach today’s filing deadline, there are — to paraphrase Donald Rumsfeld — known knowns. We also know there are known unknowns. But there are also unknown unknowns; the ones we don’t know we don’t know.
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Criminal Justice
Time’s Up
The political window is about to close: Today’s the last day to become a candidate in the 2010 state elections. What we know so far is that the ballot will have a fireworks show at the top, with contested and well-financed gubernatorial primaries on both sides. A couple of statewide Democratic races will be competitive, but with incumbents seeking reelection on the Republican side, there’s little action there.
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Do Coattails Exist?
The idea that the popularity of a candidate at the top of the ballot can pull down-ballot candidates to victory may be only slightly more real than the Loch Ness monster.
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Money Matters
The four major gubernatorial campaigns will spend big bucks — maybe as much as $60 million — between now and the March 2 primary. What is that deluge of cash and advertising going to look like? Ben Philpott, who’s covering the 2010 elections for KUT News and the Tribune, filed this report.
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The Brief: December 30, 2009
Here’s one of U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison ’s New Year’s resolutions: “clean up” the Texas Department of Transportation.
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Transportation
2010: On the Road Again
Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison has laid out her vision for the future of transportation in Texas.
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The Brief: December 29, 2009
Texas House races are full of comings and goings.
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The Brief: December 23, 2009
A major chapter of U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison’s fight in DC may be drawing to an end.
