At this morning’s TribLive conversation, GOP state Reps. and Texas Senate hopefuls Kelly Hancock, Ken Paxton and Larry Taylor discussed two key procedural matters related to the 83rd Legislative Session.
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Texas Weekly Newsreel: Redistricting Maps, Dewhurst, Commitees
This week on the Newsreel: Redistricting maps tossed, Dewhurst runs for re-election, and the Senate’s committees are being reorganized.
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Committee Moves Signal Dewhurst’s Political Tack
A month after Republican voters rebuffed his U.S. Senate bid, Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst says he will seek re-election in 2014. His choices for empty spots on Senate committees will start to reveal any change in his political direction.
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Dewhurst Taps Williams to Chair Senate Finance Panel
Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst has appointed Sen. Tommy Williams, R-The Woodlands, to chair the budget-writing Senate Finance Committee. He’ll replace Sen. Steve Ogden, R-Bryan, who isn’t seeking another term.
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Guest Column: Why Republicans Should Support a Democrat
All that’s standing between Texas and an absolute one-party rule is a traffic jam or a sick day. I don’t care what your politics are — that’s not good.
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San Antonio Republicans Export a Senate Seat
San Antonio Republicans who wanted a new state senator got what they asked for — but they didn’t really mean to move the seat’s home base from San Antonio north to New Braunfels.
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Guest Column: How Conservative is David Dewhurst?
The state’s lieutenant governor has clearly sided with and protected the Republicans in the Texas Senate, but has he presided as a conservative? That’s in the eye of the beholder.
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Unlikely Tea Party Candidate Challenges State Senator
State Sen. Jeff Wentworth, R-San Antonio, expected a tough fight in the GOP primary for Senate District 25. But instead, as Ben Philpott of KUT News and the Tribune reports, Wentworth has instead been tussling with a political newcomer who has broad Tea Party support.
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Interactive Map: Texas Senate Committees in 82nd Legislative Session
Use this interactive to explore the geographic distribution of committee members in the Texas Senate, by committee, to see who’s got what clout, geographically speaking, on what subject.
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Video: The GOP and Democratic U.S. Senate Debates
Full video of Republican and Democratic candidates for U.S. Senate squaring off in separate debates hosted by Dallas public television station KERA (and co-presented by the Tribune).
