TDH: 8/26/11

Sanders settlement, elections, WTP4 and other items of actual import

"...Falk yesterday on the cost of preserving a May 2012 council election versus a November contest, the quandary imposed..."

Aug. 26, 2011 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Longtime Commissioners Face Challenges From Their Left

In the hot seats

"...on City Council from 1993 to 1996, ran in 2012 against incumbent Mayor Lee Leffingwell; she won the county..."

Feb. 18, 2022 News Feature by Lina Fisher

New Districts Set the Stage for the Politics of the 2020s

The city and state begin to show their work

"...the second special, allows for postponing the March 1 primaries – either to April 5 or May 24, depending..."

Sept. 24, 2021 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Pink Floyd's Roger Waters Gets Political With the Chronicle

He should be a prime-time news analyst. Televisions would melt.

"...the Democratic party and the fact that they stole primaries from Sanders by cheating. It's beyond belief...."

March 20, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

The Strange Case of the 353rd District Court

"Vexatious Litigant" Connor vs. incumbent Judge Sulak in Dem primary

"...District Court seat, although she regularly votes in Republican primaries and twice ran for judicial seats as a conservative..."

Feb. 18, 2020 News Post by Michael King

Election Ticker: The March Toward March 3

Campaign finance numbers set Senate and congressional candidates ahead, leave others in the dust

"...2016; no votes in 2014; only primary vote in 2012. Soltes insists she has voted regularly, and last year..."

Feb. 7, 2020 News Feature by Michael King

2020 Council Races Already Taking Shape

Alter draws a challenger for D10 seat

"...Even as all eyes turn to the March party primaries, next November's (nonpartisan-ish) local campaigns are well underway. Pooja..."

Dec. 27, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Beto O'Rourke's Long, Hot Road to the Texas Primary

We report from the 2020 Democratic campaign trail on whether all the blue, sweat, and beers are worth it

"...starts Feb. 18, before the Nevada and South Carolina primaries.) His fundraising, he told us in Katy, has picked..."

Sept. 27, 2019 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

League of Left-Out Voters

In a busy election season, the Statesman grapples with space and its endorsements

"...the position in 2008, before Daugherty reclaimed it in 2012. Holmes said, "The thing that really frustrated me is..."

Oct. 28, 2016 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Chronicle Endorsements

The Chronicle’s endorsements for the May 24 run-offs

"...schoolteacher, political hobbyist, and perennial candidate (occasionally in GOP primaries), who reportedly opposes fracking, but hasn’t bothered to update..."

May 13, 2016 News Feature

Cruz Quits Presidential Race

Inevitable exit after Indiana collapse

"...latter had burned out on the national stage in 2012, in part, because he hadn't fought a real campaign..."

May 3, 2016 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Notes On Kamp: Vote Locally

It's local elections that most affect people's daily lives

"...In the 2012 primary, Lehmberg garnered 29,462 votes to her challenger's 10,131,..."

Jan. 22, 2016 News Column by Amy Kamp

Presidential Candidates File in Texas

Clinton and Judd only Dems to file for president in Texas so far

"...of states where he made the ballot. But in 2012, he benefited from an anti-incumbent vote in the West..."

Dec. 4, 2015 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Point Austin: Those Who Sow the Wind

The national GOP continues to perpetuate its permanent culture of extremism

"...As Thomas Mann and Norman Ornstein described in their 2012 book, It's Even Worse Than It Looks, the Republican..."

Sept. 25, 2015 News Column by Michael King

Paxton Mired in Legal, Ethical Charges

Facing a trio of challenges, AG Paxton goes on the offensive

"...Dan Branch used them against Paxton during last year's primaries to little political effect (see "Branch Falls on Conflicted..."

July 10, 2015 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Education Session

The Lege takes another run at patching school finance

"...$4 billion out of public education funds for the 2012-13 biennium. However, because the state also failed to cover..."

May 1, 2015 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Patterson Tars and Feathers Patrick as Chicken Hawk

GOP primary run-off drags up war service and draft dodging claims

"...Not that this really worsens one of the ugliest primaries in years, but the Democrats must be watching this..."

May 9, 2014 News Post by Richard Whittaker

May Elections: Twice the Fun

Double election strains Travis County resources

"...DeBeauvoir said, "It's only when it conflicts with the primaries that it causes a problem." The smaller entities lobbied..."

May 9, 2014 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Abbott's STAAR Idea

Gubernatorial hopefuls battle it out over education plans

"...and that could have serious ballot box impact. In 2012, the nonpartisan, pro-public ed Texas Parent PAC was arguably..."

April 18, 2014 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Playback: The New Vulcan Gas Company

You heard right, hippie – a new Vulcan Gas Company

"...in about a year." Early voting for the state primaries runs through Friday, before polls open March 4...."

Feb. 28, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Headlines

"...this week through Feb. 28 for the March 4 primaries: See the voting details and Chronicle endorsements, and extended..."

Feb. 21, 2014 News Feature

Rivalry Revs Up for Pct. 2

Three Dems vie to replace Sarah Eckhardt

"...cycle, in which the two most contested local Democratic primaries are for jobs within Travis County government...."

Dec. 20, 2013 News Feature by Christopher Hooks

Texas Budget Ping-Pong Begins

Chambers now start carving away at each other's proposals

"...Biennium 2010-11 2012-13 Senate 2014-15 House 2014-15 All funds (billions) $187.5 $173.5..."

March 24, 2013 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Dietz Rules Against School Finance System

Judge rules school finance unconstitutional

"...The ruling, to be followed by a written opinion,..."

Feb. 8, 2013 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Point Austin: Missing Ann Richards

New biography recalls the highwater mark of Texas liberalism

"...hardly confined to Texas. (Voters in the recent GOP primaries, nationwide, were estimated at 90% white.) The Might Have..."

Oct. 19, 2012 News Column by Michael King

Run(-off), Don't Walk

Voter registration deadline approaching

"...In several of the races in the May 29 primaries – both Democratic and Republican, though more in the..."

June 21, 2012 News Post by Monica Riese

Then There's This: Woman's Work

Trying to crack the copper ceiling at City Hall

"...May 12 City Council election and the May 29 primaries for county, state, and congressional offices...."

May 4, 2012 News Column by Amy Smith

YCT Gives Roundtable Low Score

Young Conservatives pick endorsement fight with GOP establishment

"...The YCT issued a scathing email yesterday savaging the..."

April 13, 2012 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Leffingwell Announces New Initiatives

Mayor Breaks New City Policies on April 1st

"...In other April 1st news, if you haven't voted..."

April 1, 2012 News Post by Michael King

Headlines

"...› Council campaign forums began in earnest this week,..."

March 30, 2012 News Feature

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