Two bottom-tier Republican presidential candidates have missed the filing deadline for the Texas primary.
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Patterson, Declining to Run for Railroad Commission, Knocks Trump
Former Texas Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson is not running for state railroad commissioner, and he says that Donald Trump has something to do with that.
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Texas Commission to Weigh Historical Racing
Texas gambling regulators will decide Tuesday whether to continue a standoff between the state’s racetracks and its top political leaders, with a vote on whether to outlaw a new form of gambling at the tracks.
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Cruz Campaign Credits Psychological Data, Analytics for Success
The Cruz campaign has undertaken a months-long effort to profile and target potential supporters, an approach his staff believes has helped propel the Texas senator to the top tier in many states, including Iowa, where he is now in first place.
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San Antonio Democrats In Rematch For Senate Seat
Trey Martinez Fischer and José Menéndez will once again battle over Texas Senate District 26 — a rematch of their special election runoff earlier this year, when the latter prevailed.
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Energy
Burnam Joins Race for Open Railroad Commission Seat
Former state Rep. Lon Burnam, a Fort Worth Democrat, said Sunday that he has filed to run for a seat on the Texas Railroad Commission, the state agency that regulates oil and gas development.
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Trump on Cruz: “A Little Bit of a Maniac”
Donald Trump is expanding his criticism of Ted Cruz, once his closest ally in the Republican race for the White House.
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Turner Wins Nailbiter of a Mayor’s Race in Houston
State Rep. Sylvester Turner narrowly won the Houston mayoral runoff Saturday night against former Kemah Mayor Bill King, keeping Texas’ largest city under Democratic control.
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Cruz Surges To First Place In New Iowa Poll
Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz has edged closer to cementing his frontrunner status in the crucial early state of Iowa after claiming the top spot in a new Des Moines Register/Bloomberg Politics poll.
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Health care
Planned Parenthood Still Receiving Medicaid Funds
Almost two months after Texas Republican leaders announced they would kick Planned Parenthood out of Medicaid, the organization is still receiving funds to provide health care for about 13,500 low-income women a year.