Republican Gov. Rick Perry leads his Democratic challenger, Bill White by 10 points — 50 percent to 40 percent — in the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune poll. Libertarian Kathie Glass has the support of 8 percent of respondents; Deb Shafto of the Green Party gets 2 percent. In the last UT/TT poll, conducted in early September, Perry led by 6 points, 39 percent to 33 percent. In a red state in a red year, GOP incumbents in other statewide races are beating their Democratic opponents by between 13 points and 20 points, the new poll found.
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TribBlog: King Street Patriots in Court, Again
The Texas Democratic Party takes on the Houston-area Tea Party group for “1960s style” voter intimidation.
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Clinton: Don’t Blow It, Vote for Ciro
President Bill Clinton stops in San Antonio late Thursday to rally with U.S. Rep. Ciro Rodriguez, D-San Antonio, who’s facing a tough re-election challenge from Republican Francisco “Quico” Canseco.
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A Wave or a Tsunami?
A surge in Republican enthusiasm nationwide has the GOP hopeful about taking back the U.S. House and, maybe, the U.S. Senate in November. In Texas, that high tide has turned a handful of what are usually considered safe Democratic House seats into live targets. Ben Philpott of KUT and the Tribune reports.
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White: Governor’s Office “Not for Sale”
Democrat Bill White held a news conference Monday in front of the Texas Ethics Commission, calling for limits on the size of contributions to gubernatorial candidates.
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Patriot Games?
The lawyer behind a massive voter registration drive in Harris County has filed a defamation suit against a Tea Party group, the King Street Patriots, that sought to link the as-yet-unsuccessful effort to turn out more than 100,000 new voters to the New Black Panthers.
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Full Audio: Linda Chavez-Thompson at TribLive
Raw, unedited audio from Linda Chavez-Thompson’s Wednesday morning appearance at our TribLive breakfast series. Features questions from Evan Smith and the audience.
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A Conversation With Linda Chavez-Thompson
For the 13th event in our TribLive series, I interviewed the Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor on running for office for the first time in a tough year, how she’d deal with the budget shortfall, whether she’d mess with the Senate’s two-thirds rule and what’s wrong with the Texas Enterprise Fund.
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Chavez-Thompson: “Not Shying Away” From Obama
Linda Chavez-Thompson, the Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor, told a TribLive audience this morning that she’s not afraid of being associated with President Barack Obama; quite the opposite.
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Fail to the Chief
Nearly as many Texans believe Barack Obama is a Muslim as approve of his performance as president, according to the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune poll.
