Full video of my 2/14 TribLive conversation with Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson, an announced candidate for lieutenant governor in 2014.
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Politics
TribLive: Patterson on Dewhurst and 2014
At Thursday’s TribLive conversation, Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson explained why he’s intent on running for lieutenant governor in 2014 — regardless of whether incumbent David Dewhurst runs.
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Politics
What Shared Consultant Means for Perry, Abbott
Eric Bearse’s client list may be the best evidence yet that there’s harmony between Attorney General Greg Abbott, who’s rumored to have designs on the governor’s mansion, and Gov. Rick Perry, the man who currently occupies it.
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Perry Confronts New Challenges With New Team
Rick Perry heads into another legislative session, and possibly a 2014 re-election campaign, without many of the trusted aides who helped turn him into a Texas powerhouse. Do they know something we don’t know?
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George P. Bush: The TT Interview
The co-founder of the Hispanic Republicans of Texas political action committee on his first planned run for office, divisions in the GOP, Hispanics and Republicans, and why he’s getting into the family business.
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State Government
Once Again, Legislating Will Interrupt Politicking
It feels like the 2013 legislative session, which gets under way Tuesday, is a five-month interruption of the election season. At some point, elections expanded to fill all of the space between the biennial sessions.
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2012, From the Iowa Caucuses to the Mayan Apocalypse
The year began with Rick Perry’s first political losses and ends with speculation about his future and about the entire political organization chart in Texas. A last look at what happened in between.
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Energy
At Texas Railroad Commission, a Flurry of Rulemaking
A veritable flurry of rule-making is under way at the Texas Railroad Commission, involving everything from how oil and gas wells are drilled to the recycling of fracking water.
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State Government
Candidates for 2014 Already Getting Busy
The 2012 elections just ended, and whether you’re ready for it or not, the candidates for 2014 have already started their political engines.
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What if Bush Leapfrogged Other Texas Republicans?
The fresh face from the Bush political dynasty has thrown the political gauntlet, filing papers in anticipation of a 2014 political bid. Is George P. Bush a threat to Republicans who’ve been patiently waiting their turns?