- Texas GOP Statewide Candidates Confident About Election Day
- In Conference Call, Obama Urges Texas Democrats to Vote
- Experts: Early voting numbers don’t look good for Texas Democrats
- Texas GOP playing from a position of strength
- Spanish Ad by Bexar County Democrats Calls Tea Party ‘Radical Terrorists’ VIDEO
- Op-Ed: Abbott Takes Photo with Stranger; Davis & Media Create News Out of Nothing
- New question in Texas: Can Davis survive defeat? – “She’s still a star in Democratic politics,” he added. “It doesn’t matter what Texas thinks of her.” – is that how you win elections? Your stars are people who can’t?
- Wendy Davis Makes Her Stop in Wichita Falls VIDEO
- LeeToon: Love Wendy
- Nate Silver Says Wendy Davis’ Chance of Victory Only 0.6 Percent
- Wendy Davis says to forget the polls
- Davis disputes idea her candidacy could hurt Battleground Texas
- Burka: Losing the Battleground
- As Election Day approaches, Texas Democrats tempering expectations
- Don’t expect the Kathie Glass effect to be much
- Yearlong marathon comes down to mad sprint in Texas governor’s race
- With Chuck Norris in tow, Greg Abbott makes final gubernatorial pitch to Dallas voters
- Odds-on favorite Greg Abbott flips coin at Baylor game
- Payday lenders back Abbott, whose aide saw no legal cap on on loan fees
- Comptroller race: $120,000 in late money to Hegar
- SD10: Burton Campaign Ad Calls Out Liberal Opponent Willis For Texas Trial Lawyer Ties VIDEO
- HD94 & SD10: In Tarrant County, Democrats Aim for Republican Voters
- HD23: Faircloth on radio: Criss no different than Obama VIDEO
- HD23: Galveston Democrat Susan Criss not proud of her party
- SBOE Districts 11 & 12: Funding, testing divide Dallas-area SBOE candidates
- SpicyBrown Runs for U.S. Senate as Green Party nominee
- Immigration, taxes, health law on the line in Tuesday’s battle for Senate
- U.S. House Democrats Dig Deep for Cash, From Their Colleagues’ Campaigns
- Analysis: Candidates Try to Put Good Faces Forward
- Hicks: Texans want conservatism
- Beyond Wins and Losses, What to Watch Tuesday
- No do-overs: Winners take all in Tuesday’s election
- Four takes: National columnists predict what will happen in Tuesday’s midterms, and what it means
- Video: Candidates, Voters on the Homestretch VIDEO
- Early Voting Turnout Rate Down in Most of State
- Explore 8-Day-out Campaign Finance Report Filings
- Dallas County Democrats scramble to beat back GOP in early voting
- Harris Co. police union withdraws support for Democrat DA candidate
- Fake Tea Party group caught using racial image
- If you do not currently live in a red state, you probably will soon
- Let’s Not Cancel the Midterms
- Perry to join Florida governor on campaign trail
- Ted Cruz Is The Frontrunner For The Republican Nomination
- Ted Cruz just scored a big win, and almost nobody (in D.C.) noticed VIDEO
- Cruz’s Plans for 2015
- Santorum challenges East Texans
- Hillary Clinton is wrong about economics
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- Legislative “Ethics” Committee Fails to Meet
- Texas Criminal Justice Advocates Focused on Continuing Reform Efforts
- Criminal Justice Chairman calls for reducing the use of solitary confinement in Texas prisons
- Texas Attorney General Abbott Receives Child Support Performance Award
- What’s ahead in Texas voter ID battle
- Texas Has Issued Seven Times More Auctioneers’ Licenses than Voter ID Cards – right, because so few need the IDs to vote – they already have photo IDs.
- Little demand for voter ID cards, but some hit obstacles – Houston Chronicle
- O’Keefe Allegedly Shows Ease of Voter Fraud Without Photo ID in NC VIDEO
- Perry prosecutor answers, says governor actions could intimidate witnesses
- Insurance war: State-created firm, Texas Mutual, now wants full freedom
- Texas Woman Gets License Despite Same-Sex “Marriage”
- Texas 10 Most Wanted Fugitive, Sex Offender Arrested
- DPS Reward Increased to $10,000 for Most Wanted Fugitive
- Gov. Perry Grants Pardons to Four Individuals
- Gov. Perry Appoints Rangel to Board of Pardons and Paroles
- Gov. Perry Appoints Shaw to Texas Juvenile Justice Board
- Gov. Perry Appoints Corna as Injured Employee Public Counsel
- Gov. Perry Appoints Weber to Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact Commission
- Gov. Perry Appoints Garza to Texas Commission on Law Enforcement
- Gov. Perry Appoints Six to Texas Emerging Technology Advisory Committee
- Gov. Perry Appoints Chisum and Goodwin to Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs
- In Defense of Smokers | Heartland Institute
- TPPF Releases Study on Proposed Denton Fracking Ban
- Texas Government Insider weekly edition
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- Analysis: A U.S. Senate With a Texan at the Top?
- Roads taxed: Texas politicians, local leaders stress need for Prop. 1 road funding
- Cruz: Accountability Needed for HHS Response to Ebola Crisis
- Cornyn: Accountability Needed for HHS Response to Ebola Crisis
- Sen. Cruz: IRS Fails to Answer our Questions
- Rep. Conaway: Let’s keep working for farmers’ safety net
- Ted Cruz Warns: Republicans Might Pass Internet Sales Tax After Election
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- Texas returns to list of top 10 states with the best business tax climates
- New York Times Dumps Texas Tribune, New Deal with Dallas Morning News
- South Plains cotton harvest late, but still kicking into high gear
- ERCOT expects sufficient electricity for upcoming winter, spring
- Billion-Dollar Houston Environmental Trial Enters Final Stages
- Falling crude prices bring mixed feelings for some in East Texas
- Exxon reports rising profits, despite low oil prices
- Hercules Offshore to lay off 324 workers
- Buffalo Speedway reopening
- Dallas Love Field real estate market ready to take off after airport upgrades
- American Airlines to launch flights to Birmingham, England, and Frankfurt next year
- Southwest Airlines to make Beats Music available on flights
- Hiring of C-suite and mid-level managers is up
- $500M lawsuit claims Kimberly-Clark falsely claimed surgical gowns protected against Ebola
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- Harris Co. Constable Trevino pleads guilty in financial misconduct trial
- City of Austin police officer recorded joking about rape VIDEO
- Rockport School Bus Accident sends student, driver to hospital
- Train derails in Limestone County near Kosse
- Texas teen ‘Alex from Target’ becomes overnight Internet superstar
- Freak tractor accident kills Liberty County man
- Brownfield police chief says killed policeman positively impacted many lives
- Houston PD officers OK after crashing into car parked on highway
- Unlicensed driver sends San Antonio PD cruiser into a pole
- Killeen Police Officer Injured After High Speed Chase
- Police: Shotgun blast kills boyfriend during “shooting lesson”
- Fort Bliss soldier charged with murder after off-duty constable dies in fight
- Bowie Police Find Charred Body in Burn Pit
- Train Hits Truck in Electra, Kills Driver
- Four Dallas-Area Residents Admit Roles in Hydrocodone and Alprazolam Distribution Conspiracy
- Woman with More Than 160 Pounds of Marijuana in Rental Car Faces up to 20 Years in Federal Prison
- Teen Charged With Homicide After Victim Refused to Buy Alcohol for Minor
- Deer Season Opens in Texas
- Life in a man camp
- Neo-Nazis vs. the Klan? It must be East Texas
- Blinn College student shot to death in Brenham
- San Antonio police arrest bum in fatal stabbing case
- Caterpillar sting sends student to the hospital
- Hamilton wins U.S. Grand Prix at COTA in Texas
- Texans receivers collide while running pass routes, leading to viral video clip VIDEO
- Texan gets 3 years, put gun into boy’s backpack
- 2 injured, mayor’s car damaged in drive-by shooting in San Antonio
Political and other Texas news for 11/3/2014
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