What the Twitter contest between Rick Perry, Kay Bailey Hutchison and Debra Medina tells us about their campaigns for governor.
Griffin Perry
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State Government
TribBlog: In his own words
The full text from state Sen. Eliot Shapleigh’s e-mail response to The Texas Tribune for the story “Shapleigh Ever After” is pretty illuminating. Here it is for your viewing pleasure.
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State Government
Shapleigh Ever After
The longtime El Paso state senator, who said last month that he would not run for reelection, hasn’t revealed his statewide ambitions, but his public and private remarks leave little doubt that he’s seriously considering a gubernatorial bid.
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Demographics
TribWeek: In Case You Missed It
KBH resigns herself to staying in the Senate, Grissom investigates the broken border, Ramshaw outs IT contractors who make gigabucks from state agencies, Hu gives Hutchison and Perry the Stump Interrupted treatment, the new head of the Foresenic Science Commission faces his critics, Stiles posts a searchable database of fines levied by the state ethics commission, and Hamilton discovers the consequences of party switching (none): The best of the best from November 9 to 13, 2009.
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Congress
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: A New Poll — and a New Lead for Perry
Rick Perry leads Kay Bailey Hutchison by 11 points in a new Rasmussen survey that’s out this morning.
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Demographics
Broken Border, Part Six: The Gaps
For many who call the border home, all the guns, all the money, all the technology, and all the police badges have done little to address the problems that make their lives insecure.
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Politics
Campaign Cash: To Cap, or Not to Cap?
Should the state set limits on political contributions? Depends on which candidate you ask.
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State Government
Campaign finance: Mark Miner
Rick Perry’s campaign spokesman says the governor opposes limits on contributions and thinks the solution is transparency, so that voters know who’s backing whom.
