Authors

Greg Abbott

Attorney general of Texas; Republican candidate for governor

David Alameel

Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate

Bethany Albertson

Assistant professor of government at UT-Austin

Andres Alcantar

Chairman of the Texas Workforce Commission


Keith K. Annis

Executive director of the Texas chapter of the Population Media Center

Phineas Baxandall

Senior policy analyst at the U.S. Public Interest Research Group

Ann Beeson

Executive director of the Center for Public Policy Priorities

David Blackmon

Business consultant


Joshua Blank

Manager of polling and research at the Texas Politics Project

Rod Bordelon

Commissioner of workers' compensation

Dennis Borel

Executive director of the Coalition of Texans with Disabilities

Jim Bradbury

Environmental lawyer


Dan Branch

State representative, R-Dallas

Adam Briggle

Vice president of the Denton Drilling Awareness Group

Jenn Brown

Executive director of Battleground Texas

Robert Bullard

Dean of Texas Southern University's School of Public Affairs


Konni Burton

Republican nominee for Senate District 10

Christopher Busby

Public relations director for Log Cabin Republicans of Houston

Heather Busby

Executive director of NARAL Pro-Choice Texas

Donna Campbell

State senator, R-New Braunfels


Julián Castro

Mayor of San Antonio

Bob Cavnar

Energy entrepreneur

Wayne Christian

Former state representative, R-Center

Cari Christman

Executive director of Red State Women


Francisco Cigarroa

Outgoing chancellor of the University of Texas System

Mike Collier

Democratic candidate for comptroller

Melissa Conway

Director of external relations at Texas Right to Life

Harold Cook

Public affairs consultant


John Cornyn

U.S. senator, R-Texas

Tricia Cortez

Executive director of the Rio Grande International Study Center

Stephen Costello

Houston city councilman

Brandon Creighton

State senator, R-Conroe


Ted Cruz

U.S. senator, R-Texas

Henry Cuellar

U.S. representative, D-Laredo

John Curtiss

Former Longhorn baseball player

Jim Darling

Mayor of McAllen


John Davidson

Senior health care policy analyst at the Texas Public Policy Foundation

Denise Davis

Partner at Davis Kaufman PLLC; former chief of staff to House Speaker Joe Straus

Jeff Davis

Chairman of Log Cabin Republicans of Texas

Wendy Davis

State senator, D-Fort Worth; candidate for governor


Dick DeGuerin

Criminal defense attorney

Deirdre Delisi

Former Texas Transportation Commission chairwoman

Bo Delp

Former spokesman for Wendy Davis

Chuck DeVore

Vice president of policy at the Texas Public Policy Foundation


David Dewhurst

Lieutenant governor of Texas

C. Andrew Doyle

Episcopal bishop of Texas

Anna C. Dragsbaek

President and CEO of The Immunization Partnership

Richard Evans

President of Texas Lobby Solutions


Adrian Farrell

Consul general of Ireland in Texas

Mike Feinberg

Co-founder of KIPP

Hugh Fitzsimons

Rancher; former Democratic candidate for agriculture commissioner

Kinky Friedman

Former Democratic candidate for agriculture commissioner


Emmanuel Garcia

Communications director for the Texas Democratic Party

Grace Ann Garcia

Executive director of Annie's List, 2013-14

Jorge Garcia

Restaurant owner

Antonio Garza

Former U.S. ambassador to Mexico


Brett P. Giroir

CEO of the Texas A&M Health Science Center

Kathie Glass

Libertarian candidate for governor

David Gonzales

CEO of the Texas Association of Health Plans

Mike Gonzalez

Senior fellow at the Heritage Foundation


Brennan Griffin

Development director at Texas Appleseed

Susan Griffin

Executive director of the National Council for the Social Studies

CJ Grisham

President of Open Carry Texas

Yvonne Gutierrez

Executive director of Planned Parenthood Texas Votes


Amy Hagstrom Miller

Founder of Whole Woman's Health

Bob Hall

Republican nominee for Senate District 2

Amy Hardberger

Assistant law professor at St. Mary's University

Ashley Harris

Child welfare policy associate at Texans Care for Children


J.J. Harris

Houston artist and writer

Kathleen Hartnett White

Director of the Texas Public Policy Foundation's Armstrong Center for Energy and Environment

Katharine Hayhoe

Climate scientist

Talmadge Heflin

Director of the Center for Fiscal Policy at the Texas Public Policy Foundation


Jim Henson

Texas Tribune pollster and director of the Texas Politics Project

Bill Hobby

Former lieutenant governor of Texas

Jim Hogan

Democratic candidate for agriculture commissioner

Noah M. Horwitz

Public relations consultant for Yellow Cab


Laura Huffman

Texas director of the Nature Conservancy

Ed Ireland

Executive director of the Barnett Shale Energy Education Council

Ken Janda

CEO of Community Health Choice

Mark P. Jones

Fellow in political science at Rice University’s Baker Institute


Jim Keffer

State representative, R-Eastland

Patrick Kennedy

Urban designer

Austin King

President of the Texas Medical Association

Steven Knapp

Mobility activist


Daniel M. Kowalski

Immigration lawyer

Matt Krause

State representative, R-Fort Worth

Lyle Larson

State representative, R-San Antonio

David Laude

Senior vice provost at the University of Texas at Austin


Jeff Leach

State representative, R-Plano

Peter LeCody

President of Texas Rail Advocates

Michael Li

Redistricting lawyer

Kate Lincoln-Goldfinch

Immigration lawyer


Matt Mackowiak

Political consultant

Michael Marder

Physics professor at UT-Austin

Jim Marston

Director of the Texas office of the Environmental Defense Fund

F. Scott McCown

Director of the Children's Rights Clinic at UT Law


Kimberly McLeod

Professor at Texas Southern University

Meg Merritt

Urban rail proponent

Tommy Merritt

Former state representative, R-Longview

Charles Miller

Former chairman of the University of Texas System Board of Regents


Mark Miller

Libertarian candidate for railroad commissioner

Sid Miller

Republican candidate for agriculture commissioner

Mark David Milliron

Co-founder of Civitas Learning

Artemio Muniz

Chairman of the Federation of Hispanic Republicans


David Muto

Editor of TribTalk

Kevin Nix

Communications director for Freedom to Marry

Shanna Nugent

Granddaughter of murder victim

Beto O'Rourke

U.S. representative, D-El Paso


Raymund Paredes

Texas higher education commissioner

Dan Patrick

State senator, R-Houston; candidate for lieutenant governor

Jerry Patterson

Land commissioner of Texas

Ken Paxton

State senator, R-McKinney; candidate for attorney general


Rick Perry

Governor of Texas

Katrina Pierson

Media consultant; former 2014 congressional candidate

Katie Plemmons

High school teacher

Joe Pojman

Executive director of the Texas Alliance for Life


Robert Puente

President and CEO of the San Antonio Water System

Emily Ramshaw

Editor of The Texas Tribune

Bennett Ratliff

State representative, R-Coppell

Cecile Richards

President of Planned Parenthood Votes


George Rodriguez

South Texas coordinator for Tea Party Patriots

José Rodríguez

State senator, D-El Paso

Kesha Rogers

Former Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate

Jay Root

Texas Tribune reporter


Ben Sanders

Libertarian candidate for comptroller

Barry Scheck

Co-director of the Innocence Project

John Sharp

Chancellor of the Texas A&M University System

David Simpson

State representative, R-Longview


Ryan Sitton

Republican candidate for railroad commissioner

Glenn W. Smith

Director of the Progress Texas PAC

Michelle Smith

Executive director of the Fast Growth School Coalition

Sara E. Smith

Program director for the Texas Public Interest Research Group


Julia Spann

Executive director of SafePlace

Ken Starr

President and chancellor of Baylor University

Jonathan Stickland

State representative, R-Bedford

Steve Stockman

U.S. representative, R-Friendswood


Joe Straus

Speaker of the Texas House, R-San Antonio

Ray Sullivan

Political consultant

Ellen Sweets

Author; Austin resident

Sherry Sylvester

Political consultant


Mustafa Tameez

Political consultant

Jessica Taylor

High school teacher

Van Taylor

State representative, R-Plano; candidate for Senate District 8

Jeff Temple

Vice chairman of the Texas Task Force on Domestic Violence


Wayne Thorburn

Author; former executive director of the Texas Republican Party

Calvin Tillman

Former mayor of DISH

Javier Treviño

Mexican congressman

Leticia Van de Putte

State senator, D-San Antonio; candidate for lieutenant governor


Linda Vega

Former 2014 U.S. Senate candidate

Jason Villalba

State representative, R-Dallas

Mike Villarreal

State representative, D-San Antonio

Ruben O. Villarreal

Mayor of Rio Grande City


Scheleen Walker

Director of the Lone Star Chapter of the Sierra Club

Kirk Watson

State senator, D-Austin

Bernard L. Weinstein

Associate director of SMU's Maguire Energy Institute

Michael Williams

Texas education commissioner


Ana Yáñez-Correa

Executive director of the Texas Criminal Justice Coalition

Patricia Zavala

Former director at the Workers Defense Project