Dallas County — the first big county in Texas to flip from red to blue, back in 2006 — is a must-win for Democrats vying for statewide office. Ben Philpott, covering the 2010 elections for KUT News and the Tribune, filed this report.
Texas Democratic Party
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State Government
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In the Information Age, it still takes the major political parties in Texas three weeks to figure out who should be listed on their state ballots.
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Criminal Justice
On the Records: Data Decisions
Some deep-pocketed trial lawyers didn’t make the Twenty Who Gave Plenty list. Why not?
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Criminal Justice
Twenty Who Gave Plenty
Houston homebuilder Bob Perry tops the list of the biggest donors to Texas candidates in the last half of 2009. McAllen developer Alonzo Cantu and Dallas businessman Ross Perot Sr. also gave large sums.
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Politics
Speaking Tweets to Power
Rick Perry’s Blogger Summit featured big-name speakers, social media strategizing and a chance to shoot guns with the Governor. What it didn’t feature: much talk about Texas.
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Politics
Spoiler Alert
What’s it like to be a person who wages a no-win campaign but, by taking votes away, dooms the chances of one or more of the other candidates in the race? Mark White knows. Kinky Friedman knows. Debra Medina could soon find out.
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Politics
The Unmentionables
Meet the Democratic candidates for governor that no one’s talking about.
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Congress
2010: A Theory About the Democrats and Waco
It’s not about Kip Averitt. It’s about Chet Edwards.
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State Government
2010: The Democrats Muck Their Hand in Waco
You cannot win if you do not play: Poker players know it, and the Ds, if they mean to make this a two-party state again, need to know it too.
