‘Will the real Dan Patrick please stand up,’ asks Van de Putte
The Democratic candidate for Lieutenant Governor, Sen. Leticia Van de Putte, assailed her newly minted Republican rival, Dan Patrick, Tuesday night, labeling him an ideologue more interested in scoring...
View ArticlePerry sounds every bit a presidential candidate in convention speech
FORT WORTH — Texas Gov. Rick Perry sounded every bit a presidential candidate Thursday as he addressed the Republican Party of Texas convention, blaming Democrats for the dysfunction in Washington D.C....
View ArticleMunisteri calls for unity at convention
Texas GOP chairman Steve Munisteri alternated between throwing red meat out to the delegates (calling President Barack Obama the worst in his lifetime and conjuring the image of a President Hillary...
View ArticleStraus’ biggest critics funding Turner’s campaign for speaker
FORT WORTH — Rep. Scott Turner's campaign to oust House Speaker Joe Straus from his leadership post has the sort of profile that big money buys.
View ArticleSpeaker’s race, UT-Austin fight collide at GOP convention
FORT WORTH — Hardline critics of Texas House Speaker Joe Straus have, yet again, ramped up their campaign against him, circulating a flier at the state Republican convention that accuses him of...
View ArticleTerri Hodge is back, campaigning for “felons, just like me”
DALLAS — Not one to let a felony conviction for tax fraud keep her down, former State Rep. Terri Hodge is running to become the vice chair of the Texas Democratic Party.
View ArticleRepublicans take Davis criticisms to the sky
DALLAS — Look! Up there! It’s a bird… It’s a plane… It’s a plane with a giant banner being dragged behind it, paid for by Attorney General Greg Abbott’s campaign, attacking his Democratic challenger,...
View ArticleJoaquin Castro blasts Texas GOP platform in convention speech
DALLAS — U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro dished out the red meat to Democratic activists in his speech at to the state Democratic convention Thursday evening, blasting Republicans as the party more...
View ArticleAbbott equates supporting release of chemical data with aiding terrorists
SAN ANTONIO — Republican gubernatorial candidate Greg Abbott, the state's Attorney General, compared supporting the release of information about where dangerous chemicals are stored, which was public...
View ArticleCornyn takes ‘let’s make a deal’ stance on border crisis
SAN ANTONIO — Unlike many of his fellow Republican lawmakers, U.S. Senator John Cornyn sounded a conciliatory note when talking about the border crisis in San Antonio Friday afternoon.
View ArticleDavis says she’ll back raising minimum wage to $10
SAN ANTONIO — Democratic gubernatorial candidate Wendy Davis put a number to how much she thinks the minimum wage in Texas should increase, telling a crowd at the University of Texas at San Antonio...
View ArticleComptroller candidate calls for overhaul after Express-News Formula One...
SAN ANTONIO — Mike Collier, the Democratic candidate for state comptroller, called on the Legislature to move the Major Events Trust Fund to another agency Monday, following an Express-News...
View ArticleDemocratic comptroller candidate calls for halting F1 funding
The Democratic candidate for Comptroller, Mike Collier, said Thursday that if elected, he would not continue cutting yearly $25 million checks to subsidize the annual the Formula One race in Austin.
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