This isn’t going to go down as a year when big ideas and political celebrity decided the elections. It’ll go down as a referendum on the Democrat who has been in the White House for the last six years.
2014 elections
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Politics
Few Candidate Debates in Statewide Races
Candidates for three of the eight major statewide races on this year’s November ballot appear likely to reach Election Day without ever engaging in a debate with their opponent, according to campaign representatives.
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2014 TribuneFest: Audio From the Keynote Track
The keynote track at the 2014 Texas Tribune Festival featured interviews with several Texas elected officials and candidates, as well as a pair of panel discussions. Listen to audio of each session.
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State Government
Analysis: Controversy on Both Sides of an Election
Thanks to a tough examination from the State Auditor’s Office, the Texas Enterprise Fund has become an election issue. But it was an issue before now, and will be an issue during the next legislative session.
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Inside Texas Politics: Ebola
This week’s edition of WFAA-TV’s Inside Texas Politics with host Jason Wheeler, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram’s Bud Kennedy and Tribune Executive Editor Ross Ramsey is dominated by talk of the first appearance of the Ebola virus in the U.S.
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The Texas Weekly Hotlist, General Election 2014
In which we rank the races by risk to the incumbents and/or the level of drama for candidates and voters in the state’s congressional and legislative races.
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More Campaign Finance Numbers Drop Early Next Week
Also, Univision scores a U.S. Senate debate, and a new state senator invokes the Holocaust at his swearing-in.
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Newsreel: Disease and Debates
This week in the Newsreel: A confirmed case of Ebola in Dallas is testing the state’s public health emergency response system. Also, the nominees for governor and lieutenant governor debated.
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TribLive: Glass on Overfunding Public Ed
At our 10/2 Triblive conversation, Kathie Glass, the Libertarian Party nominee for Texas Governor in 2014, argued the state spends too much on public education.
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Health care
TribLive: Glass on Gay Marriage, Abortion
At our 10/2 Triblive conversation, Kathie Glass, the Libertarian Party nominee for Texas Governor in 2014, explained her positions on gay marriage and abortion.