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April 13, 2012 News Post by Richard Whittaker
Tuesday News Gay for Jan. 10
Daniel is awash in Santorum sauce
"...This week's LGBT news round-up includes a slice of GOP primary with a side of Santorum sauce. But there's..."
Jan. 10, 2012 Qmmunity Post by Daniel Villareal
The Romney Offensive
Perry gets mean as his campaign loses steam
"...Gov. Rick Perry remain a real contender in the GOP presidential race. As if sensing that urge amongst pundits,..."
Oct. 19, 2011 News Post by Richard Whittaker
Who's on Sixth? Perry
Governor finally declares, but trails in Ames poll
"...Perry make his well-telegraphed announcement about running for the GOP nomination for president. Meanwhile, he got soundly thrashed in..."
Aug. 14, 2011 News Post by Richard Whittaker
If the Horseshoe Fits
White campaign toughens up on Perry's money trail
"...wisdom about Texas politics in recent years is that GOP leaders are the masters of mudslinging while the Democrats..."
Aug. 3, 2010 News Post by Richard Whittaker
Hopson Hops the Fence
Jacksonville Dem to run as Republican
"...see whether he'll be conservative enough for the new GOP orthodoxy...."
Nov. 6, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker
Time for Party Lines
Dems condemn voter ID debate, Republicans turn it into Austin-bashing, fund-raising opportunity
"...Texas Democratic Party Chair Boyd Richie simply condemned the GOP for using this non-issue to indulge in "destructive partisanship..."
March 11, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker
More Gore and Extra Pelosi
Gore and Pelosi take questions from the Netroots floor.
"...most importantly, friends that had read beyond the 2000 GOP taking points memos on what he never actually said...."
July 19, 2008 News Post by Richard Whittaker
Noriega Is for Real – and Texas Is in Play?
Rasmussen polls show that Democratic hopes may be more than fantasy
"...coming to an end? As we've noted before, the GOP's majority in the Texas House of Representatives is down..."
May 5, 2008 News Post by Lee Nichols
So Much for Those Travis Republican Districts
"...situation in True Blue Travis. It's looking like those GOP gains could be completely rolled back tonight, mainly due..."
Nov. 7, 2006 News Post by Lee Nichols
"Please, Sir, I Want Some More"
The legislative budget process is leaving buckets of blood on the floor.
"...take a knee-jerk liberal to be stunned at the GOP leadership's approach to budgeting. The Houston Chronicle -- hardly..."
March 7, 2003 News Column by Michael King
Naked City
The lawyer representing George Bush in court in Florida has represented dozens of right-wing causes and is a friend of Kenneth Starr.
"...to be counted, or re-counted, Olson is again the GOP's go-to guy...."
Nov. 24, 2000 News Feature by Robert Bryce
Endorsements
The Chronicle's picks in the Nov. 2 election
"...Party's David Cobb, or Libertarian Michael Badnarik. But under GOP dominance Texas has suffered badly, and in the last..."
Oct. 15, 2004 News Feature
Slay the Dragon
Hard-hitting political documentary shows the menace of gerrymandering is coming back
"...it is). That’s how, in state after state, the GOP can lose the popular vote by double digits but..."
April 17, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker
This Way to the Big Top!
From budget disaster to hysterical bloodletting, the legislative circus is back in town
"...under two-thirds in the Senate – theoretically mean the GOP can pile-drive to passage any legislation it desires. With..."
Jan. 14, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker
Austin @ Large: While Elephants Sleep
The breakdown of the Travis Co. primary vote suggests interesting possibilities come November
"...but it's plenty bad news for the Travis Co. GOP – and in particular for the party's darling little..."
March 19, 2004 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison
A Day at the Races
Primary races start heating up in nearby counties, across Texas, and around the nation.
"...hinterlands, which lays out the battle lines of the GOP primary contest...."
March 3, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison
2006 State Races
A sampling of some of the livelier contests taking shape in the March 7 primary and the general election in November
"...widely held frustration over school finance, dissension in the GOP ranks, the toll road debate, ongoing efforts to blur..."
Jan. 20, 2006 News Feature by Wells Dunbar
Welcome to the Primaries
A roundup of primary races important to the Austin area
"...there's no Republican opposition come November. During last year's GOP-dictated redistricting, this district got shorn of the high-turnout Birkenstock..."
March 1, 2002 News Feature
Long Lines and Close Races Defined Super Tuesday in Travis County
The votes are in!
"...in a run-off for the Democratic nomination to face GOP incumbent Sen. John Cornyn in November. But the count..."
March 6, 2020 News Feature by the News Staff
Painting by Numbers
Wherein we recall how we got here ... and contemplate the baleful map-drawing future
"...redistricting – an unprecedented maneuver – and he convinced GOP Lege leaders to accommodate him. It was the second..."
Jan. 28, 2011 News Feature by Lee Nichols
Taking Back the House
Texas Democrats say this could be their November
"...vacant seat – flipped Republican in 2002, after the GOP-slanted 2001 legislative redistricting drawn by the Republican-controlled Legislative Redistricting..."
Oct. 10, 2008 News Feature by Richard Whittaker
Once Again, Redistricting Looms in Texas
Republicans hold all the power to draw new lines, but there's more attention on the process than ever before
"...ventured rogue to re-redistrict Texas in 2003, after the GOP flipped the state House and gained complete control of..."
Feb. 12, 2021 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison
What You Need to Know About U.S. Senate and House Races in Texas
Early voting in Texas starts Feb. 18, 2020. Here's the view from atop your Texas primary ballot.
"...Three-term GOP incumbent John Cornyn faces Dallas investment manager Mark Yancey..."
Dec. 6, 2019 News Feature by Michael King
The 'Chronicle' Endorsements
Our picks for the Nov. 7 election
"...any number of lesser-of-two-evils election endorsements. But the current GOP wrongheadedness and destructiveness to the very structures of our..."
Nov. 3, 2006 News Feature
The 'Chronicle' Endorsements
Our picks for the Nov. 7 election
"...any number of lesser-of-two-evils election endorsements. But the current GOP wrongheadedness and destructiveness to the very structures of our..."
Oct. 27, 2006 News Feature
The 'Chronicle' Endorsements
Our picks for the Nov. 7 election
"...any number of lesser-of-two-evils election endorsements. But the current GOP wrongheadedness and destructiveness to the very structures of our..."
Oct. 20, 2006 News Feature
Charting the Maps
"...In case you hadn't figured it out, the whole GOP re-redistricting effort is based on a fallacy: that the..."
May 9, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison
The Roads to Commissioners Court ...
The Chronicle handicaps at the county races.
"...waving a progressive flag, and got clobbered. Now, the GOP is running well to the courthouse's right, in the..."
Oct. 25, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison
What Is Going On With Ken Paxton and Nate Paul?
What we know – and don't know – about the strange connection between the embattled Austin real estate magnate and the Texas attorney general
"...alleged securities fraud and scamming of, among others, his GOP colleagues in the Legislature, and his heavy labors to..."
