The Calendar
Key meetings and events for the coming week. Full Story
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Video: Dewhurst on Why He's "Pulling" for Patrick
In our 12/4 conversation, outgoing Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst talked about his successor and onetime rival, state Sen. Dan Patrick, R-Houston. Full Story
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Video: A Conversation with David Dewhurst
Full video of my 12/4 conversation with Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst, who talked about Dan Patrick, education funding, border security, the two-thirds rule, what he'll do next, and more. Full Story
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Analysis: How Red is Texas? Count the Ways.
Republicans didn't just win their statewide elections earlier this month — they won in ways that only become apparent when you dig into the numbers. In many counties, the Democrats could not attract more than one voter in five. Full Story
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Odds Favor Kolkhorst in Race for Hegar's Seat
Less than a month after Election Day, some Texans are already headed back to the polls to fill the state Senate seat given up by Glenn Hegar after he was elected Comptroller of Public Accounts. Full Story
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Analysis: Election Season Headed for Overtime
Open spots in the political firmament are prompting officeholders to shop around some, and voters are about to see some names on special election ballots that were on the general election ballots just a couple of weeks ago. Full Story
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Rep. Kleinschmidt Takes General Counsel Job at Ag Department
Newly elected Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller is reaching out to a former House colleague to fill a key staff position in his new administration. Full Story
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Two Senate Hopefuls Look to Create Aura of Inevitability
Lois Kolkhorst and Trey Martinez Fischer try to leverage big-name endorsements at the outset of special elections to fill soon to be vacant seats in the Texas Senate. Full Story
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Analysis: As Lineup at Top Changes, So Will Balance of Power
A new batch of statewide officeholders is preparing to take over Texas government, throwing the "who you know" politics of the Capitol into turmoil. But the biggest change is the Legislature's chance to reassert its traditional power. Full Story
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Analysis: A Local Prize Could Ease the Sting of a Recent Statewide Loss
State Sen. Leticia Van de Putte's losing campaign for lieutenant governor might have set the stage for a bid for mayor of San Antonio — a prospect she is considering now. Sometimes losing can set up the next campaign. Full Story
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The Calendar
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Analysis: The Democratic Voters Who Disappeared
Thousands of Texans who voted in 2010 did not come back to do it again in 2014, and most of those voted for the Democratic candidate for governor four years ago. At the same time, another kind of voting — mail ballots — is booming. Full Story
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In Legislature, Even Fewer White Democrats
After the winners of Tuesday’s elections are sworn in, there will be only seven white Democrats left in the Texas Legislature. Full Story
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Sophisticated Turnout Machine Fueled Abbott's Big Margin of Victory
Greg Abbott's gubernatorial campaign released details this week on its exhaustive ground game and voter targeting efforts. The campaign credits those efforts in aiding his eye-popping margin of victory — 20 points — over Wendy Davis. Full Story
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Analysis: Tuesday Aside, It Was All Over in March
If you want to know how the officeholders you elected on Tuesday will govern, look at how they ran and what the voters responded to. Full Story
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The Calendar
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TribLive: Craddick on the GOP Sweep
At our 11/6 TribLive conversation, Texas Railroad Commission Chairman Christi Craddick talked about the results of the 2014 general election. Full Story
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The Texas Weekly Hotlist, General Election 2014 — Results!
Selected races — with results from the election — ranked by expected risk to the incumbents and/or the level of drama for candidates and voters in the state's congressional and legislative races. Full Story
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Davis Campaign Marked by Failed Tactics, Muddled Messages
Many Texas Democrats had said that Wendy Davis was the kind of candidate who could at least move the needle for the bedraggled state party. But failed tactics and other issues helped doom Davis' bid for governor. Full Story
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Map: How Democratic Turnout Tumbled Across Texas
Take a county-by-county look at how the percentage of registered voters who cast ballots for the Democratic gubernatorial candidate changed between 2010 and 2014. Full Story
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