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Latino Leadership

"...I must say that as the actual U.S. PIRG Campaign Director, we hold no official stance on his demise...."

Feb. 28, 1997 Column

City Hall Hustle: Tall and Short Stacks of Money

The biggest chunk of change is fueling Place 3 race

"...than just a measure of a candidacy's financial health, campaign finance reports are also a window into the citizens..."

April 29, 2011 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Council Candidates Take Their Places

Many scramble to replace Slusher and Goodman; only Gale takes on Dunkerley

"...making the early handicapping something of a study in campaign finance reports. The following is a brief update on..."

Feb. 4, 2005 News Feature by Michael King

News Roundup: Council Gets Dirty

Representatives engage in ... legal combaaaaaat!

"...and public safety advocates, while creating a mechanism to finance TNC regulation and other purposes (e.g., accessibility for disabled..."

Feb. 8, 2016 News Post by the News Staff

Charge It: Council Cash on Hand

A flurry of last-minute fundraising – and charges and counter-charges between mayoral candidates

"...The final campaign finance reports by City Council hopefuls – filed May..."

May 11, 2012 News Feature by Amy Smith

'Chronicle' Endorsements

Nov. 4 General Election

"...become increasingly urgent in the last weeks of the campaign. The spreading economic crisis requires a broad approach that..."

Oct. 17, 2008 News Feature

May 4 Election Wrap-up

"...ballot, only three passed. Council candidates may now file campaign finance reports electronically instead of publishing them in an..."

May 10, 2002 News Feature by Lee Nichols

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Single-member districts would wrest control of the City Council from the residents of heavy-voting, progressive / environmental Central Austin, but would not be a quick fix for any of the civic problems currently laid, somewhat inaccurately, at the feet of the current council.

"...most often aligns. Their greatest crime is not outrageous campaign contributions or illegal electoral manipulations, but that they vote...."

Feb. 15, 2002 Column by Louis Black

The Watson Way

Mayor Kirk Watson talks about challenges for austin during his next term.

"...AC: How has campaign finance reform affected council races?..."

March 31, 2000 News Feature by Jenny Staff Johnson

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"...despair has lead to political action, including the current campaign finance reform proposition before Austin voters. The Chronicle editorial..."

Oct. 24, 1997 Column by Louis Black

Election Ticker: Travis County Races Heat Up

Noises from the March 2020 primary

"...Judge Bill Aleshire (1987-98), who accused Garza of (potential?) campaign finance ethics violations by continuing to hold her City..."

Dec. 13, 2019 News Feature by Michael King

Round One at Round Rock

Is the noisy suburban school battle an omen of things to come?

"...This is a story about the current campaign for three open seats on the Round Rock school..."

April 29, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Oh, Now They Care About Ethics

Former Democratic rep gets $10,000 fine; similar fine for Republican successor was reduced

"...Commission penalizes elected officials who are late filing their campaign finance reports. But the TEC made a rare exception..."

Jan. 21, 2005 News Feature by Amy Smith

Welcome to Tomstown

In the burgeoning Tomstown scandal, you can't tell the players or the plot without a program

"...Tomstown, you'll see how the re-redistricting fracas and the campaign-cash follies are intertwined.Our Glorious Founders Tom DeLay, a licensed..."

March 19, 2004 News Feature by Michael King

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With few big surprises, the recent local election left us to ponder single-member districts, minority representation, and campaign spending. Also: the consequences of wristband counterfeiting, and The Chronicle Hour is no more.

"...would run the city as a business, but he campaigned just like a politician. He spent rather than studied,..."

May 9, 2003 Column by Louis Black

Hightower's Hoedown

Jim Hightower's Rolling Thunder Down-Home Democracy Tour kicks off in Austin.

"...Molly Ivins, socially responsible ice cream man Ben Cohen, campaign finance activist Doris "Granny D-- Haddock, and Democratic U.S...."

March 29, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Election Ticker: From Warren to WilCo

Elizabeth Warren weighs in on the D.A. race

"...José Garza of the endorsement (announced Tuesday) of his campaign for Travis County District Attorney by presidential candi­date Elizabeth..."

Jan. 31, 2020 News Feature by Michael King

Election 2006

The latest from the campaign trail

"...Report Web site and drew immediate criticism from his campaign rivals and African-American leaders...."

Sept. 29, 2006 News Feature

Preying for Votes: The Governor's Preachers

Perry and religious conservatives get together to bash gays

"...political action committee, which would be required to disclose campaign finance activity to the Texas Ethics Commission...."

Sept. 2, 2005 News Feature by Amy Smith

Key Court Rulings Expected in T.A.B. Case

The Texas Association of Business's legal future rests in the hand of two Travis Co. judges.

"...into allegations that the Texas Association of Business violated campaign finance laws in its $2 million ad campaign to..."

April 4, 2003 News Feature by Amy Smith

Three's Company

"...his support in the business community, appearing on the campaign trail with the likes of Chamber darlings Kerry Tate..."

Feb. 7, 1997 News Feature by Alex de Marban

Chito Vela Sails to City Council

Vela wins D4 special election in a landslide

"...4 special election to replace Greg Casar as he campaigns for Congress. When Vela is sworn in Feb. 4,..."

Jan. 28, 2022 News Feature by Austin Sanders

A Month-by-Month Guide to Election 2020 Madness

From local policy to the national election, we just want you to vote, OK?

"...including during early voting, for each election in question.) Campaigns and parties devote more energy than you might expect..."

Jan. 10, 2020 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

HD 46: Dukes Routs Thompson

Dawnna Dukes closes out a volatile contest

"...off Brian Thompson after a race where everything from campaign finance reports to her family seemed fair game. "Their..."

March 7, 2008 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Libertarian Ganders Goosed by Aleshire – 216 Times

After filing multiple campaign-finance complaints against others, Libertarians get slapped with their own

"...made minor careers as political gadflies by churning out campaign-finance complaints against opposing candidates and organizations of all stripes...."

June 9, 2006 News Feature by Amy Smith

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...a sister organization of the No Nonsense in November campaign, which points to the amendment's language prohibiting the recognition..."

Nov. 4, 2005 News Feature

Lege Notes

"...Wednesday. The issues aren't nearly as divisive as school finance. The governor says he expanded the agenda because the..."

July 15, 2005 News Column

Everybody Loves a Wynn-er

Will Wynn is his own flavor of ice cream -- pure vanilla, but mixed with nuts

"...he has his own money to spend on his campaign and can thus get around Austin's $100 campaign-finance limit...."

Feb. 14, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

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Like all morality-based movements designed to eat away at our most basic freedoms, term limits and campaign finance reform are inherently anti-democratic.

"...decided your electoral options should be limited. Rather than campaign against incumbents on a case-by-case basis, which is difficult,..."

April 12, 2002 Column by Louis Black

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large: W.W.P.D.?

The curious semantics of "progressive" politics

"...for a proposed charter amendment to repeal the $100 campaign contribution limits instituted in 1997. She, in fact, did..."

March 22, 2002 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

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