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2010 elections
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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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Transportation
Ads Infinitum: KBH’s “Roads” TV Spot
Team Kay is on the television airwaves this week with an ad hitting Governor Rick Perry on transportation policy.
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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.
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Energy
2010: Uribe Lands
Former state Sen. Hector Uribe, D-Brownsville, filed for land commissioner today, setting up a primary battle with Bill Burton of Athens. The winner will face Republican incumbent Jerry Patterson in November.
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Criminal Justice
Time’s Up
The political window is about to close: Today’s the last day to become a candidate in the 2010 state elections. What we know so far is that the ballot will have a fireworks show at the top, with contested and well-financed gubernatorial primaries on both sides. A couple of statewide Democratic races will be competitive, but with incumbents seeking reelection on the Republican side, there’s little action there.
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Money Matters
The four major gubernatorial campaigns will spend big bucks — maybe as much as $60 million — between now and the March 2 primary. What is that deluge of cash and advertising going to look like? Ben Philpott, who’s covering the 2010 elections for KUT News and the Tribune, filed this report.
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Do Coattails Exist?
The idea that the popularity of a candidate at the top of the ballot can pull down-ballot candidates to victory may be only slightly more real than the Loch Ness monster.
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Money Matters
The four major gubernatorial campaigns will spend big bucks — maybe as much as $60 million — between now and the March 2 primary. What is that deluge of cash and advertising going to look like? Ben Philpott, who’s covering the 2010 elections for KUT News and the Tribune, filed this report.
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State Government
2010: Running Lite
David Dewhurst will seek reelection on the Republican side, effectively ending that party’s primary for lieutenant governor. But the Democrats are still stirring the pot. Ronnie Earle, the former Travis County DA is in. As of earlier today, Austin restauranteur Marc Katz is in. Will Linda Chavez-Thompson sign up?