Our topics this week include the renewed debate over concealed handguns on campus, the advantages of not debating or talking to the press and the hotly contested battle between Congressman Chet Edwards and Republican Bill Flores in CD-17.
Congress
Read the latest Texas Tribune coverage of Congress, from the state’s lawmakers in Washington to key legislation and political debates shaping Texas and the nation.
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Ads Infinitum: 2 New Chet Edwards Ads
The CD-17 congressman touts his record of creating and protecting jobs in two spots airing in select media markets.
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Congress
Ads Infinitum: Bill Flores’ “Austin Paper”
A new ad from the Bill Flores campaign spotlights incumbent Democrat Chet Edwards’ “False” PolitiFact rating.
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The Contender
Bill Flores is the latest in a line of Republicans to try to dislodge U.S. Rep. Chet Edwards, D-Waco, from the country’s most Republican district held by a Democrat. But this time, he swears, it’s going to come out differently. The pundit class thinks he may be right.
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Ads Infinitum: AFF’s “Fork in the Road”
The American Future Fund is the second national group to enter the CD-17 race with a TV ad against U.S. Rep. Chet Edwards.
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Criminal Justice
Ads Infinitum: Edwards: No to Obama and Pelosi, Yes to Guns
U.S. Rep. Chet Edwards, D-Waco, released a new ad today letting voters know he’s so conservative that he says ‘no’ to President Obama and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, but yes to protecting gun rights.
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TribBlog: McCaul Addresses Reporting Error
U.S. Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Austin, says his failure to report millions in stock transactions on financial disclosure reports from 2008 and 2009 resulted from a clerical error made by his accountant.
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Ads Infinitum: Bill Flores’ “Slideshow”
Republican Bill Flores released his second television ad today in his race to unseat incumbent Democratic U.S. Rep. Chet Edwards, D-Waco.
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Politics
The Bellwether
As U.S. Rep. Chet Edwards, D-Waco, goes, so go the Democrats? In a hyper-partisan year, with control of the U.S. House up for grabs, all eyes are on Congressional District 17, the most Republican district in America held by a Democrat. Pundits think Edwards may finally get beat: Were he to survive, a D.C. analyst says, it would be “one of the greatest Houdini acts ever seen in Texas politics.” But the 10-term incumbent has seen awful political environments before. “The Washington Generals have a better record against Harlem Globetrotters than the [National Republican Congressional Committee] does in predicting my defeat,” he says.
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2010: Express-News vs. Canseco, Round 2
Bob Richter, public editor of the San Antonio paper, responds to the GOP House candidate’s charges of biased coverage.