Former Railroad Commissioner Michael Wiliams, who announced his intention back in January to seek the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Kay Bailey Hutchison, is likely to drop out of that race and instead run for a newly created congressional seat, multiple sources tell the Tribune.
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State Government
Dan Patrick for U.S. Senate? Stay Tuned, He Says
State Sen. Dan Patrick, a radio talk show host who has been courting Tea Party activists, is promising to tell reporters Friday whether or not he will try to make a jump to the U.S Senate to replace retiring U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison.
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University of Texas/Texas Tribune Polls
Presidential Front-Runner in Texas? Not Perry, UT/TT Poll Finds
It’s a good thing Rick Perry says he’s not running for president — only 4 percent of Texas Republicans say they’d vote for the governor, according to the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune poll.
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Criminal Justice
TribWeek: In Case You Missed It
Root and Galbraith on a Dallas billionaire’s radioactive waste dump victory, Grissom on the passage of eyewitness ID reform, Hamilton on the old grudges bedeviling the debate over higher ed, Philpott on the status of congressional redistricting, Ramsey on Rick Perry’s un-campaign for president, Ramshaw on why medical schools are the scorned children of the state’s education budget, my session-wrap interview with three veteran Democrats, M. Smith on why Rob Eissler can’t pass mandate relief for school districts and Stiles on who’s giving what to which Texas candidates in 2011-12 congressional races: The best of our best content from May 16 to 20, 2011.
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Congress
Roger Williams “Welcomes” Obama to Texas
President Barack Obama will be in Texas today for a fundraising event, and at least one Republican running for U.S. Senate, former Texas Secretary of State Roger Williams, is eager to welcome him to the state — sort of.
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TribLive: Cornyn on Taxes, Washington and 2012
At Monday’s TribLive conversation, I interviewed U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, about the President’s plan to raise taxes on the wealthiest Americans, the perpetual fight between Texas and Washington and what’s likely to happen in 2012 Senate races — including the one to succeed Kay Bailey Hutchison.
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AUDIO: John Cornyn at TribLive
At Monday’s TribLive conversation, I interviewed U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, about the President’s plan to tax the wealthiest Americans, the perpetual fight between Texas and Washington and what’s likely to happen in 2012 Senate races — including the one to succeed Kay Bailey Hutchison.
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VIDEO: John Cornyn at TribLive
At Monday’s TribLive conversation, I interviewed U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, about the President’s plan to raise taxes on the wealthiest Americans, the perpetual fight between Texas and Washington and what’s likely to happen in 2012 Senate races — including the one to succeed Kay Bailey Hutchison.
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TribLive: Cornyn on 2012 Senate Races
At Monday’s TribLive conversation, U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, talked about the GOP’s prospects for regaining a majority in the Senate in 2012 — and about the soon-to-be-open seat in Texas.
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Congress
Ricardo Sanchez: The TM Interview
Three years ago I interviewed the apparent 2012 Democrat candidate for U.S. Senate — then a retired lieutenant general hawking a memoir — for Texas Monthly. You can read the nearly 2,700-word Q&A here.