State campaign news, candidate announcements, retirements and rumors from the past week.
2012 elections
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University of Texas/Texas Tribune Polls
UT/TT Poll: Top Pick for U.S. Senate? Undecided
Half of all GOP voters haven’t decided who should be their nominee for the U.S. Senate, according to the new University of Texas/Texas Tribune poll.
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Health care
Randy Neugebauer: The TT Interview
The GOP congressman from Lubbock on Gov. Rick Perry, cuts in direct payments that could be headed for Texas farmers, his hopes for the supercommittee and what the 2012 elections will say about Americans’ view of the economy.
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Higher Education
TribWeek: In Case You Missed It
Galbraith and Collier on the drought’s economic impact, Grissom on the latest in the Morton and Skinner cases, Hamilton on university regents’ potential conflicts of interest, Murphy on spending by Ron Paul’s presidential campaign, Philpott on Rick Perry’s plans for Social Security, Ramsey on the dirty little secret about dropouts, Ramshaw on how Perry and his staff downplayed allegations of abuse at state centers for the disabled, Root on Perry’s flirtation with birtherism, M. Smith on GOP candidates making public ed their focus and Tan and Hamilton on why students in Texas illegally get access to state financial aid: The best of our best content from October 24 to 28, 2011.
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Public Education
Schooling the GOP
As the field of candidates shapes up for the March 2012 primaries, a new — at least since last election cycle — breed of GOP hopeful is emerging: the education Republican.
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Public Education
Some GOP Hopefuls for Texas House Pick Education Message
At least some Republican 2012 primary candidates for the Texas House hope to trade the anti-government cries of the last election cycle for a message with a decidedly different focus: the state of Texas public schools.
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Campaign Roundup: The Week’s Political News
State campaign news, candidate announcements, retirements and rumors from the past week.
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Dewhurst, Leppert Evenly Matched in Campaign Funds
Republican U.S. Senate candidates David Dewhurst and Tom Leppert are neck and neck in cash-on-hand totals, according to third-quarter FEC filings, outpacing next-closest candidate and fellow Republican Ted Cruz.
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Prop 1 Would Extend Tax Benefits to Spouses of Veterans
Early voting has begun for the Nov. 8 election, in which Texans will vote on 10 constitutional amendments. Matt Largey of KUT News has a look at Proposition 1, which would extend tax benefits to the spouses of disabled veterans.