Republican Lisa Luby Ryan wants to replace Dan Branch in the District 108 Texas House seat, if the Dallas lawmaker decides to run for statewide office. Ryan has chosen former University Park Mayor Roy Coffee, Jr. as her campaign...
State Sen. Royce West (shown in this vintage photo with John Wiley Price, Steve Bartlett and Adelfa Callejo) said Friday that he's still considering running for attorney general in 2010, but must ponder several factors before making up his mind....
Professional gambling interests, both casinos and race tracks, have put their financial bets on Texas politicians in hopes of expanding gambling in the Lone Star State. And the big beneficiaries? Republicans. A new study by Texans for Public Justice shows...
Attorney General Greg Abbott's refusal to appear in the Senate as a witness on the voter-ID bill has sparked a debate over whether he should be removed from the legislative redistricting panel. Democrats wanted to quiz the Republican AG about...
Attorney General Greg Abbott's mishandling of a open-records request from Democratic lawmakers is further lowering the trust level in Austin in advance of the voter-ID debate in the Senate. Christy Hoppe tells the story here. Two lawmakers -- Dallas Rep....
A new poll says the race to succeed Kay Bailey Hutchison in the Senate has no clear frontrunner. Hutchison is challenging fellow Republican Rick Perry for governor next year. And the field is forming among those who would like to...
The jockeying continues: Roll Call says John Cornyn wants Greg Abbott to take Kay Bailey Hutchison's place. (Roll Call is a subscription site, but you get the idea.) Cornyn, of course, has particular interest not just because of who he...
Attorney General Greg Abbott might have his problems with Democrats, but the Republican monied elite loves him. Abbott reported $1.2 million raised so far this year - and $8 million in his campaign warchest. Abbott isn't up for election this...
Attorney General Greg Abbott's much-publicized problems with Democrats over voting must have come to mind to anybody seeing the latest Doonesbury on Sunday. In the strip, a Republican political consultant is asked whether the party is in trouble. No problem,...
Ross Ramsey at the indispensable Texas Weekly helpfully posts Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott's brief to the Supreme Court arguing in favor of the Indiana law upheld today....
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