Post-convention analyses touch on the Cruz effect, the challenges in managing a political transition from Perry to Abbott as well as fissures that might be appearing within the party.
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Inside Texas Politics: Cruz, Ascendant
On this week’s edition of WFAA-TV’s Inside Texas Politics, I talked with host Jason Whitely and the Fort Worth Star-Telegram’s Bud Kennedy about this week’s Republican state convention in Fort Worth.
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Politics
Cruz Runs Away With Straw Poll at Republican Party Convention
Texas’ junior senator received 43 percent of the vote in the 2016 presidential preference poll Saturday at the Texas GOP convention. Gov. Rick Perry came in fourth with less than 12 percent of the vote.
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Health care
The Brief: June 6, 2014
Texas’ longest-serving governor has set the table for a second presidential run, but he has to reckon with U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz this time around.
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Energy
BLM Report Shows Safety Concerns Along Disputed Red River Land
A new report by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management highlights North Texans’ concerns about a disputed stretch of land along the Red River – including feral hogs, trash, meth labs and a general lack of management.
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Health care
The Brief: June 5, 2014
The unveiling of revised Republican Party platform language on immigration and homosexuality highlighted coverage of the state convention in Fort Worth on Wednesday.
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Energy
The Brief: June 2, 2014
The GOP state convention kicks off this week in Fort Worth with some folks urging attendees to take their guns to town.
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The Brief: May 29, 2014
Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst won’t be around for the next legislative session in January after losing his runoff contest on Tuesday. But he won’t be taking the next seven months off as a result.
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Politics
The Brief: May 28, 2014
The Tea Party demonstrated forcefully its predominant position in Texas GOP politics on a runoff election night that also closed the curtain on a couple of long political careers.
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Health care
The Brief: May 27, 2014
Will Texas buck the larger national trend in Republican politics and go in deeper with support of Tea Party candidates and causes?
