Full video of my 3/20 TribLive conversation with Kinky Friedman, a Democratic candidate for Texas agriculture commissioner in 2014.
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Rolando Pablos: The TT Interview
The CEO of the Borderplex Alliance on what El Paso needs to do to shed its reputation as a hub for low-skilled and low-wage industries, why he thinks the war in Ciudad Juárez is officially over and his thoughts on immigration reform.
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Analysis: Runoffs Put Incumbents on the Brink
For political challengers, a runoff can be good news: They lived to fight another day. For incumbent officeholders, runoffs are fraught with the idea that voters are shopping for someone new.
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The Brief: March 20, 2014
The issue of equal pay dominated the discussion again in the gubernatorial contest on Wednesday.
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Politics
Abbott, Davis Point Fingers Over Equal Pay
In the latest iteration of the fight over women’s issues in the Texas governor’s race, Republican Attorney General Greg Abbott and his Democratic opponent state Sen. Wendy Davis are sounding off over equal pay.
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Campaigns Contend With Vitriol on Social Media
As the campaigns for gubernatorial candidates Greg Abbott and Wendy Davis use social media to expand the discourse on the issues they consider priorities, they must also deal with addressing issues like name calling and personal attacks in such forums.
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Health care
The Brief: March 19, 2014
The widely panned attempt by two Greg Abbott surrogates to push a GOP alternative to legislation to address the pay gap between men and women has brought outreach to female voters back into the spotlight in the contest for governor.
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Health care
The Brief: March 18, 2014
What was originally planned as the first head-to-head encounter of the Republican runoff race for lite guv will now be a solo appearance by David Dewhurst. His opponent, Dan Patrick, announced late Monday afternoon that he was withdrawing from the debate.
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Davis Launches Spanish-Language Website
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Wendy Davis launched a Spanish-language version of her campaign website on Monday. Her Republican opponent, Greg Abbott, released a Spanish version of his campaign site earlier this year.
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Analysis: Who Will Be Texas Tea Party Leader, Version 3.0?
Gov. Rick Perry was the first prominent Texas politician to grab the Tea Party wave. Ted Cruz was next, winning a U.S. Senate seat in 2013. Is state Sen. Dan Patrick next in line?
