Texas Politics
Legislative Results Will Draw the Session’s Battle Lines
Will next session be a fight between Democrats and Republicans or Tea Party-ers and moderate Rs?
When the Legislature convenes in January there’s sure to be fighting. Today’s election may well determine the battle lines. Currently, the Rep...Read More
Tough races for Big D Democrats
Scandals fail to stop incumbents
Whether the currents that turned Dallas County blue in 2006 become a rip tide back to the GOP bears watching today. Courthouse candidates such as District Attor...Read More
Elections: The Day After
November 2 is going to be a big day in our political lives. But November 3 will be far more important. On mid-term Election Day, voters will choose between cand...Read More
The Mystery of the Latino Vote
Latinos vote in high numbers in other states; why not in Texas?
“Why Latinos do not vote in large numbers is one of the mysteries of politics.” So writes Texas Monthly’s Paul Burka in this pre-Election Day po...Read More
God’s Voters
Back in the late ’70s, as a teenager desperate to wash off my gayness in the blood of the Lamb, I abandoned my family’s mild Methodism and sought salvation ...Read More
The Battle of Harris County
A firsthand look at early voting in Houston and allegations of voter intimidation
On Friday, Oct. 29, the last day of early voting in Houston, the walkway into Moody Park’s polling station in Houston looked like a gauntlet. Candidates g...Read More
Stumper of the Week: Rick’s Fat Tick
The most ridiculous things said this week in Texas politics
So this is it, people. Here at last, election week. A final chance for Texas politicians to compete for the honor of Stumper of the Week. A final chance, that i...Read More
Big Coal Grasping for Stimulus Straws
Here’s an oxymoron if there ever was one: clean coal. Cyrus Reid, conservation director of the Sierra Club’s Lone Star Chapter agrees. In an interview for K...Read More
What Perry and White Must Talk About
The state budget isn’t the sexiest campaign issue. There’s probably no faster way for a candidate to bore an audience than to start tossing around terms lik...Read More
