Candidates favored by the Tea Party movement did not fare well on primary night, but they had an effect on several races.
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HuTube: At the Polls
Photographer Justin Dehn and I hit up some polling places around Austin to see what was on voters minds. We selected some timely music for our drive.
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The Polling Center: Poll Roads
An election that initially favored Sen. Hutchison has settled into a contest where Sen. Hutchison’s support is in the high 20’s while Gov. Perry’s is in the mid-40’s.
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2010: Election Night Needs You
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In Closing: Debra Medina
“We’ll do a runoff if we have to,” she said Saturday. “I’d like to secure it outright.” She paused and smiled. “It will be the upset of the century if that happens.”
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2010: Perry, Hutchison Lead White in New Poll
The latest Rasmussen Poll has Democratic gubernatorial candidate Bill White still trailing Republicans Gov. Rick Perry and Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison in hypothetical general-election contests this fall.
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The Polling Center: Voter Empathy
Whether he crosses the 50% threshold or is forced into a run-off when the polls close next Tuesday, the results of the last UT/Texas Tribune Poll suggest that Rick Perry’s synchronous orbit over a big chunk of the Republican primary electorate has helped him prove many observers — not to mention KBH boosters and donors — very wrong.
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Ads Infinitum: Perry Releases “Tenth Amendment”
Gov. Rick Perry’s tapping into an anti-government groundswell with his latest ad. It’s called “Tenth Amendment.”
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Primary Color: HD-7
Is this the year that independent-minded state Rep. Tommy Merritt, R-Longview, finally gets his comeuppance from conservatives?
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Accentuate the Negative
Do attack ads work? In the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune poll, we tested the effectiveness of two “comparative” commercials run in the governor’s race to see if they were persuasive to voters. Apparently so.