Two El Paso candidates who had been on a collision course to run against one another now have big plans for public filing events at the same time and place. In El Paso, where politics are often a full-contact sport, it has the potential to get interesting.
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The Brief: December 3, 2009
The season for speculating is drawing to an end. Politicians, it’s time to stake your claim.
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RINO Hunters
One of the most interesting phenomena of the 2010 election cycle is the number of so-called Tea Party Republicans entering GOP primaries to challenge incumbents they consider RINOs: Republicans in Name Only. Ben Philpott, who’s covering the Texas governor’s race for KUT news and the Trib, has this report.
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Stump Interrupted: Bill White
Get to know Bill White, his verbal tics, his issues and the car he drives.
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Stump Interrupted: Bill White
Bill White may soon be retiring his Senate race stump speech and replacing it with a new one. So it’s better to Stump Interrupt it now than never.
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“East Texas is Really Not Obama Land.”
Two weeks after switching parties, Rep. Chuck Hopson still thinks he did the right thing, given the politics of his district. “McCain, in my four counties here, got 72 to 74 percent,” he says. “I think if the election were held today, that would be something like 80 percent.”
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Interview with Chuck Hopson
Rep. Chuck Hopson of Jacksonville talks about switching to the Republican from the Democratic Party, about the reactions he got and about the road ahead.
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The Weekly TribCast: Episode 006
In this week’s TribCast, Evan, Ross, Elise and Ben discuss candidate filing, RINO hunters, Las Vegas, and the so-called bench.
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2010: The Times Mag on Rick vs. Kay
Robert Draper’s long-awaited piece on the Republican primary is sure to be the talk of our little world.
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TribBlog: A Felony For You, a Felony For Me
Criminal justice blogger Scott Henson is reporting on Grits For Breakfast that lawmakers put 59 new felonies on the books during the last legislative session.