Democrat Tom Schieffer’s Austin press conference to announce he’s out of the race for Texas governor, and is urging Houston Mayor Bill White to run instead.
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2010: Bill White Considering Gubernatorial Run
He says he’ll let you decide whether he runs for governor.
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2010: Winners and Losers
Tom Schieffer’s out, and for the sake of this piece, let’s say Bill White is running for the Democratic nomination for governor. How’s that work out for everybody?
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2010: Schieffer: House Democrats
State Reps. Garnet Coleman of Houston, Jim Dunnam of Waco, Jessica Farrar of Houston and Pete Gallego of Alpine got out early in support of Tom Schieffer, who dropped out of the Democratic primary for governor today. Their statement:
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2010: Schieffer: Shami Sticks
Farouk Shami is staying in the race for governor, Tom Schieffer or no Tom Schieffer, Bill White or no Bill White.
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2010: Schieffer’s Exit Statement
What Tom Scheiffer said when he announced he’s dropping out of the race for governor:
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TribBlog: State Board of Education and the ABCs
Two legislative ABCs — Anybody But Craddicks — back the Republican moderate challenging Christian conservative member Don McLeroy.
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Politics
2010: The More You Know … About Bill White
Who is this bald, wonkish, moderate Democrat, where’d he come from, and why’s everyone talking about him?
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Moderate Democrat 2.0
Bill White is the sort of Democratic gubernatorial candidate Tom Schieffer had hoped to be. He’s well-funded. He’s got an organization and a base of voters. He’s the kind of moderate who can attract votes from independents and not just Democrats. And he never voted for George W. Bush.