Most incumbents and front-runners have something in common: They’re cautious in the vicinity of the public. But some of them aren’t like that.
Dan Patrick
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TribFest: One-on-One with Dan Patrick, Leticia Van de Putte
Full video of my 2014 Texas Tribune Festival keynote conversations with state Sen. Dan Patrick, R-Houston, and state Sen. Leticia Van de Putte, D-San Antonio, the Republican and Democratic nominees, respectively, for Texas Lieutenant Governor.
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Demographics
Patrick’s Push to Repeal Texas DREAM Act Could Face Criticism
A vow by state Sen. Dan Patrick, the GOP candidate for lieutenant governor, to repeal the Texas DREAM Act could face criticism from Republicans trying to reach out to Hispanic voters.
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Energy
The Brief: Sept. 22, 2014
Texas politics was the big conversation in Austin and even outside the state with this weekend’s Texas Tribune Festival.
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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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Health care
The Brief: Sept. 19, 2014
In the run-up to tonight’s first televised debate between the two leading candidates for governor — Republican Greg Abbott and Democrat Wendy Davis — as much attention is being paid to the setting of the encounter as the substance.
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Health care
The Brief: Sept. 17, 2014
State leaders seem reluctant to break out the “Mission Accomplished” banner on the border surge even though apprehensions of illegal immigrants have hit a target goal laid out in July.
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Inside Texas Politics: Front-Runners’ Strategy
On this week’s edition of WFAA-TV’s Inside Texas Politics, we talked about the campaigns being run by three GOP statewide candidates, the conservative makeup of the state Senate, Wendy Davis’ new book and more.
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Van de Putte Calls For Higher Minimum Wage
During a Spanish-language townhall on Univision, state Sen. Leticia Van de Putte, the Democratic candidate for lieutenant governor, advocated for raising the minimum wage in Texas.
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The Brief: Sept. 10, 2014
State Rep. Charles Perry, R-Lubbock, a Tea Party favorite, cruised to an outright win on Tuesday night in the special election to fill the West Texas Senate seat formerly held by Robert Duncan.