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*Correction appended. In his 2012 bid to oust state Sen. Wendy Davis, state Rep. Mark Shelton, R-Fort Worth, received more votes than eight candidates who…
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The battle for the Republican nomination for attorney general resembled most of the GOP primary fights this year: Candidates raced to the right, trying to…
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*Correction appendedThe race to replace U.S Rep. Steve Stockman in Congressional District 36 is a battle of geographical allegiance between supporters of…
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The Texas House has 95 Republicans and 55 Democrats. Don’t be surprised if November's general election leaves the numbers relatively unchanged.This is the…
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Unveiling his latest education policy plan, Republican gubernatorial candidate Greg Abbott on Wednesday proposed giving school districts and parents more…
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Does the federal government plan to take control of 90,000 acres of Texas land along the Red River?Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott is the latest state…
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A Travis County grand jury is deciding whether Gov. Rick Perry broke the law trying to sink a prominent Democrat or merely offended his detractors with a…
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Even after Gov. Rick Perry stripped funding for the agency that prosecutes state public corruption cases, his emissaries worked to swap the resignation of…
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The strangest things become commonplace in politics, like the ties that bind the oil and gas business and some of its regulators.After finishing third in…
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Amid internal conflict about the direction of Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst's re-election bid, two of his top political aides have left his campaign, The Texas…