Full video of Washington Post chief correspondent Dan Balz’s 2014 Texas Tribune Festival keynote conversation with U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz.
2014 elections
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TribFest: One-on-One with Wendy Davis
Full video of my 2014 Texas Tribune Festival keynote conversation with state Sen. Wendy Davis of Fort Worth, the Democratic nominee for Texas governor.
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TribFest: Bush Won’t Endorse Dad for President
At the 2014 Texas Tribune Festival, George P. Bush, the Republican nominee for Land Commissioner, said he wouldn’t endorse his father, former Florida Governor Jeb Bush, should he decide to run for president in 2016.
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Inside Texas Politics: Abbott and Davis Face Off
On 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, it’s all about the November elections.
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Demographics
Abbott Sets Sights on “The Bluest Part of a Red State”
Greg Abbott, the Republican nominee for Texas governor, is trying to break the Democrats’ near lock on deep South Texas. The Democrats are dismissive of his effort, but it underscores the importance both camps are attaching to Hispanics this year.
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Davis Says She Would Use Executive Action and Veto Power if Elected Governor
At the Texas Tribune Festival on Saturday, state Sen. Wendy Davis said that if elected, she would consider using “executive action” to expand the state’s Medicaid program under the Affordable Care Act.
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Patrick, Van de Putte Talk Education Funding, Health Care at TribFest
The stark differences between state Sens. Dan Patrick and Leticia Van de Putte, the Republican and Democratic nominees for lieutenant governor, were front and center Saturday as they appeared at the Texas Tribune Festival.
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Ahead of Debate, Davis Supporters “Welcome” Team Abbott to Valley
Ahead of Friday’s gubernatorial debate in Edinburg, supporters of Wendy Davis staged a fake welcome rally Friday to mark the arrival of Greg Abbott’s out-of-town volunteers to the Rio Grande Valley.
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Analysis: In Election Year, Democrats, Republicans — and the Novembers
The biggest single cluster of Texas voters has not been to the polls so far this year: Texans who vote only in November. That group outnumbers those who vote in either the Republican or the Democratic primaries. Both parties are counting on this group.
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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. This is our starting list of the congressional and legislative races.