In politics, friendship apparently lasts through only one political cycle. Just ask Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison. Many organizations that previously supported both her and Gov. Rick Perry have put their weight behind Perry’s re-election bid instead of her challenge. The Texas Farm Bureau sits as the sole trade group cheerleading for the Hutchison campaign — while Perry counts 50 organizations and associations supporting him.
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Demographics
A Detention Center Mea Culpa
The U.S. government is imposing greater restrictions than necessary on most aliens held in custody for immigration violations, according to a charge made by … the U.S. government.
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Demographics
TribBlog: Tejano Monument Finally Coming to the Capitol
The State Preservation Board today approved installation of a Texas Tejano Monument on the south lawn of the Capitol. The project has already taken nearly a decade.
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Public Education
TribBlog: Washington Monthly vs. Don McLeroy
The venerable D.C. magazine takes on the State Board of Education — and its former chair.
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2010: A New Chief at the Texas GOP
Jesse Lewis will be the new executive director of the Texas Republican Party, starting next week.
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HuTube: Candidate Video Project
We’ve begun collecting clips for our “Better Know a Candidate” video project that I introduced in the week before break. In case you were too busy during the holiday season to read it (I totally understand), here’s the 4-1-1.
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T-Squared
T-Squared: Kelly’s Knish
A few days before his untimely death, Kelly Fero went Mark Katz one better.
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Chavez-Thompson Gets In
San Antonio’s Linda Chavez-Thompson has filed to run for the Democratic nomination for Lieutenant Governor. The former state and national labor leader is one of the few Hispanic Democrats to run for state-wide office in 2010. Ben Philpott, who’s covering the 2010 elections for KUT News and the Tribune, has this profile.
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Off to the Races!
Monday was the filing deadline for the 2010 elections, and the parties published preliminary lists of the people who want to run the state next year. By our tentative count, 89 members of the House won’t have major-party competition, while nine of the 16 senators on the ballot and four members of the state’s congressional delegation all apparently drew byes. The full ballots, as they stand now, are in our Election 2010 database.