Analysis: After the Elections, Fundraising Quickens
The general election is over, but a pending pre-session deadline spurs a biennial fundraising spurt from state officeholders.
Full StoryRoss Ramsey is executive editor and co-founder of The Texas Tribune. Before joining the Tribune, Ross was editor and co-owner of Texas Weekly for 15 years. He did a 28-month stint in government as associate deputy comptroller for policy and director of communications with the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts. Before that, he reported for the Houston Chronicle from its Austin bureau and for the Dallas Times Herald, first on the business desk in Dallas and later as its Austin bureau chief, and worked as a Dallas-based freelance business writer, writing for regional and national magazines and newspapers. Ross got his start in journalism in broadcasting, covering news for radio stations in Denton and Dallas.
The general election is over, but a pending pre-session deadline spurs a biennial fundraising spurt from state officeholders.
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