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Davis: ‘I’ve never backed away from President Obama’

Posted by on Wednesday, October 22 at 6:20pm
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Wendy Davis denied Wednesday afternoon she has distanced herself from Barack Obama as she closes in on Election Day, saying she’d be “thrilled” if the president joined her on the campaign trail. “I’ve never backed away from President Obama,” Davis, a state senator from Fort Worth, told reporters after an Austin get-out-the-vote […] [Read More]
Categories: General, governor campaign 2014, Governor's race, Greg Abbott, Wendy Davis
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Davis TV ad again hits Abbott over education cuts

Posted by on Wednesday, October 22 at 12:56pm
AUSTIN — Democratic gubernatorial candidate Wendy Davis is out with a new TV ad in which she directly faces the viewer and questions whether Republican opponent Greg Abbott would give students the same opportunities she had while working toward a college education. Davis, a state senator from Fort Worth, opens the 30-second spot by invoking […] [Read More]
Categories: governor campaign 2014, Governor's race, Greg Abbott, Wendy Davis
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Faircloth returns fire as ad war gets more negative

Posted by on Wednesday, October 22 at 10:48am
HOUSTON — Wayne Faircloth, the Republican state House candidate in Galveston, returned the barrage of fire he has taken as an “insurance salesman” on Wednesday by launching a television advertisement that calls his opponent too close with “trial lawyers.” In the 30-second spot, titled “Criss”, Faircloth notes that an overwhelming percentage of Criss’ donatios have […] [Read More]
Categories: General
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Perry’s first court appearance rescheduled

Posted by on Tuesday, October 21 at 12:53pm
AUSTIN — Gov. Rick Perry will have to wait about one more week to make his first appearance in court since being indicted on abuse-of-power charges. During a pretrial hearing last week in Austin, a visiting judge ordered Perry to be present on Halloween as his lawyers seek to have the case against him thrown […] [Read More]
Categories: indictment, Rick Perry
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New Patrick TV ad: Van de Putte ‘out of touch’ on education

Posted by on Tuesday, October 21 at 11:36am
AUSTIN— Dan Partick’s lieutenant governor campaign released a new television ad Tuesday casting the Houston state senator as a crusader for education reform and his Democratic opponent, Leticia Van de Putte, as too liberal on the issue. “Leticia … [Read More]
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Van de Putte TV ad suggests Patrick can’t be trusted

Posted by on Tuesday, October 21 at 10:40am
AUSTIN — Leticia Van de Putte, the Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor, released a TV ad Tuesday morning questioning whether voters can trust Republican opponent Dan Patrick, especially when it comes to education. “Which Dan Patrick should we trust?” a narrator says as the 30-second spot begins, showing side-by-side two clips from the candidates’ debate […] [Read More]
Categories: Dan Patrick, Leticia Van de Putte, lieutenant governor's race
Joni Ernst, the Republican nominee for Iowa's open seat in the U.S. Senate

Perry to return to Iowa to help Senate hopeful in tight race

Posted by on Tuesday, October 21 at 10:00am
AUSTIN — Gov. Rick Perry is heading back to Iowa to lend some star power to one of the closest Senate races in the country. Perry is scheduled to attend a rally Thursday evening in Marion for Republican Joni Ernst, whose battle for the Hawkeye State’s open Senate seat against Democratic U.S. Rep. Bruce Braley […] [Read More]
Categories: General, Rick Perry
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Criss continues to hammer Faircloth’s business record

Posted by on Monday, October 20 at 11:10am
HOUSTON — Susan Criss, the Democratic state House candidate in a tossup-district in Galveston, launched her second television advertisement on Monday that continues to attack her opponent as someone who benefited from others’ misfortune during Hurricane Ike. In the 30-second spot, Criss claims her Republican opponent, Wayne Faircloth, an insurance agent, declined to award payouts to […] [Read More]
Categories: General
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