4/11/2008: Contested races on the November ballot

4/9/2008: The full November Ballot, now that the primaries and runoffs are over

3/27/2008: Bounce per Ounce: Available money and votes in the March primaries

3/3/2008: Early voting in the state's biggest counties

2/26/2008: Federal judge's preliminary injunction allowing outside groups to campaign and support House candidates on the basis of how those candidate will vote in speaker's races

2/14/2008: Statewide polls on presidential races and other issues done for the Texas Credit Union League... and the Cross Tabs

1/31/2008: Watch List of 29 House incumbents with primary opponents

1/30/2008: Senate Interim Charges

1/24/2008: Campaign and PAC cash balances at 12/31/2007 (this is the big list of 2,400+ committees, sorted by dollar amount)

1/24/2008: Campaign and PAC cash balances at 12/31/2007 (this is the big list of 2,400+ committees, sorted alphabetically)

1/24/2008: Campaign and PAC cash balances at 12/31/2007 (this is the little list of the top 100 committees, ranked by dollar amount)

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11/30/2007: House Interim Charges, Part 1

11/30/2007: House Interim Charges, Part 2

11/30/2007: House Interim Charges, Part 3

11/20/2007: Letter from six Fort Worth Republicans complaining of anonymous phone electioneering in the HD-97 special election.

11/15/2007: Chris Bell et al v. Republican Governor's Association and Texans for Rick Perry

11/15/2007: Bell writes Perry seeking a lobbying job

09/20/2007: Cash on Hand rankings of Texas political action committees, including monthly and semi-annual filers.

09/13/2007: The candidate questionnaire from Stars Over Texas, a PAC set up to protect incumbent House Republicans.

08/30/2007: The Texas Weekly Index, charting the recent partisan histories in House, Senate, and Congressional districts.

08/23/2007: Cash on hand rankings of Texas candidates and political action committees (semi-annual filers).

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Briefs and other documents from the inquiry over the powers of the Speaker of the House:

06/18/07 Request for Opinion (RQ-0589-GA): Reps. Jim Keffer and Byron Cook

06/20/07 Reply and Request for Briefs: Attorney General

07/19/07 Supplemental request (RQ-0605-GA): Rep. Will Hartnett

07/20/07 Brief: Speaker Tom Craddick

07/20/07 Brief: Rep. Warren Chisum

07/20/07 Brief: Parliamentarian Terry Keel

07/23/07 Brief: Former Speaker Rayford Price

07/25/07 Brief: Rep. Dan Flynn

07/31/07 Brief: Common Cause

08/01/07 Brief: Texas Progressive Alliance

08/03/07 Brief: Rep. Charlie Geren et al

08/03/07 Brief: Rep. Jodie Laubenberg

08/03/07 Brief: Rep. Leo Berman et al

08/03/07 Brief: Rep. Bill Callegari

08/03/07 Brief: Rep. Jim Pitts

08/03/07 Statement: Craddick on filings of 08/03/07

08/03/07 Supplemental brief: Parliamentarian Terry Keel

08/03/07 Letter: Rep. Jim Dunnam

08/03/07 Brief: Rep. Brian McCall

08/08/07 Supplemental brief: Speaker Tom Craddick

08/09/07 Letter: Rep. Charlie Geren

08/10/07 Letter: Parliamentarian Terry Keel

08/20/07 Memo: Rep. Jim Dunnam on Abbott and Craddick

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• 07/05/2007: Drew Nixon's indictment on official oppression (election) charges

• 06/29/2007: Moody Blues: A one-race look at Republican-Democratic numbers, by district, in the 2006 election

• 06/21/2007: Shirley Neeley's parting letter to TEA employees

• 06/18/2007: Reps. Jim Keffer and Byron Cook ask the attorney general for an opinion on the Speaker's powers.

• 06/15/2007: Gov. Rick Perry's budget proclamation detailing his line-item vetoes.

• 05/22/2007: Rep. Byron Cook's personal privilege speech calling on House Speaker Tom Craddick, to give up his post. (mp3 audio file)

• 04/18/2007: HHSC's response to the OIG report on the Texas Integrated Eligibility Redesign System.

• 04/18/2007: Dewhurst/Craddick letter to State Auditor

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• 1/23/2007: The report from the governor's task on appraisals and property taxes.

• 1/5/2007: The proposed rules -- from the incumbent's side -- for the speaker's race at the beginning of the session.

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• 11/30/2006: Party Mix: Republicans and Democrats in the House and Senate during the last 20 legislative sessions.

• 11/22/2006: What it took financially to win, and lose, in 20 legislative races.

• 11/9/2006: Rep. Jessica Farrar, D-Houston, asks the Texas Ethics Commission for advice on alleged lobby pressure in the Speakers' race.

• 11/8/2006: House Speaker Tom Craddick's list of members who've promised to support him for a third term.

• 11/2/2006: How the cash looks in the hot House races.

• 10/30/2006: Janice Heflin letter explaining a dispute over a child that became a political issue for her husband, former Rep. Talmadge Heflin, R-Houston.

• 10/27/2006: Ellen Cohen ad in HD-134.

• 10/27/2006: Strayhorn commercial on "party animals".

• 10/25/2006: Comptroller letter on the state's HHS contract with Accenture (Adobe Acrobat required).

• 10/24/2006: Perry's mailer attacking Strayhorn (Adobe Acrobat required).

• 10/19/2006: Political committees' cash on hand as of 9/28/06 (Adobe Acrobat required).

• 10/17/2006: 30-day finance reports from the top Texas House races (Adobe Acrobat required).

• 10/16/2006: Strayhorn ad: "Learn" (Quicktime required).

• 10/16/2006: Susan Combs ad: Fiscal Conservative (Quicktime required).

• 10/16/2006: Susan Combs ad: Classroom (Quicktime required).

• 10/14/2006: Strayhorn commercial attacking Perry's highway and transportation plans (Windows Media Player required).

• 10/4/2006: Strayhorn commercial: Newlyweds (Windows Media Player required).

• 9/29/2006: Strayhorn commercial belittling Perry's property tax cut (Quicktime required).

• 9/28/2006: Hot House races on the 2006 ballot.

• 9/21/2006: Statewide poll done for the Texas Credit Union League; crosstabs and poll detail.

• 9/21/2006: TAB's misfired endorsement letter to Jim McReynolds.

• 9/20/2006: Strayhorn's "Hear Our Voices" ad (quicktime).

• 9/20/2006: Strayhorn's "Hear Our Voices DC" ad (quicktime).

• 9/7/2006: The top 100 political accounts, ranked by cash on hand (.pdf file).

• 9/5/2006: The first of Carole Keeton Strayhorn's first two fall spots (quicktime).

• 9/5/2006: The second of Carole Keeton Strayhorn's first two fall spots (quicktime).

• 8/10/2006: Map of the new congressional districts drawn by three federal judges to correct illegalities in the existing map.

• 8/10/2006: Map of the existing, illegal congressional districts.

• 8/7/2006: Cash in legislative political accounts at mid-year, compiled by Austin-based John Doner & Associates.

• 8/3/2006: The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling that the Texas GOP cannot replace Tom DeLay on the ballot if he drops out of the race in CD-22.

• 8/2/2006: Comptroller's letter to the City of Stafford telling them they owe $2.5 million because of a sales tax refund to a large taxpayer in that city.

• 8/2/2006: Travis County grand jury report on state ethics regulation to District Judge Julie Kocurek.

• 7/12/2006: Federal lawsuit filed by the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe against Jack Abramoff, Ralph Reed, Michael Scanlon, et al.

• 7/12/2006: Carole Keeton Strayhorn's lawsuit asking the state to put her on the ballot with the nickname "Grandma"

• 7/6/2006: Federal ruling keeping Tom DeLay on the November ballot (1 of 2).

• 7/6/2006: Federal ruling keeping Tom DeLay on the November ballot (2 of 2).

• 6/28/2006: The state's current congressional map.

• 6/28/2006: The U.S. Supreme Court's ruling on Texas congressional redistricting.

• 6/13/2006: The Texas Democratic Party's 2006 platform.

• 6/6/2006: Legislative Budget Board letter telling state agencies to submit budget requests that assume they'll get 90 percent of what they're currently spending.

• 6/5/2006: The Texas Republican Party's 2006 platform.

• 6/2/2006: The Texas Republican Party's tentative platform language on immigration.

• 5/23/2006: Texas Supreme Court Justice Nathan Hecht admonished by the Texas Commission on Judicial Conduct for his support of U.S. Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers (Adobe Acrobat required).

• 5/22/2006: Rick Perry's "Property Tax Relief" radio spot (mp3)

• 5/22/2006: Rick Perry's "Pay Raise" ad (Quicktime)

• 5/22/2006: Rick Perry's "Homeowner" ad (Quicktime)

• 5/22/2006: Fort Bent County GOP Straw Poll on the race to replace Tom DeLay

• 5/18/2006: Big Numbers: How the School Tax Package Adds Up

• 5/4/2006: First of two Philip Morris USA ads urging Texas legislators not to raise its tax on cigarettes by $1 per pack.

• 5/4/2006: Second of two Philip Morris USA ads urging Texas legislators not to raise its tax on cigarettes by $1 per pack.

• 4/25/2006: The first of two radio ads from Texans for Taxpayer Relief, a private group closely tied to Gov. Rick Perry.

• 4/25/2006: The second of two radio ads from Texans for Taxpayer Relief, a private group closely tied to Gov. Rick Perry.

• 4/19/2006: Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst's special session TV ad on education (Windows Media Player required)

• 4/6/2006: A form for figuring how the proposed tax bill would work, from the Texas Taxpayers and Research Association...

• 4/6/2006: Handouts from House briefings on the surplus, the proposed tax bill, and school finance

• 4/5/2006: House Democrats respond to Texas Ethics Commission ruling on reporting dollar amounts of gift checks

• 3/28/2006: Texas Tax Reform Commission's business tax proposal, in bill form (Adobe Acrobat required)

• 3/28/2006: U.S. District Judge Sam Sparks ducks a voter petition case, saying he was one of the signers

• 3/9/2006: Money and votes in some competitive and expensive legislative primary races

• 3/7/2006: Cheat sheet: Contested Senate and House primaries

• 2/23/2006: Turnouts in general and primary elections in Texas, 1990-2004

• 2/16/2006: Democratic mailers in HD-48 special election

• 2/16/2006: Democratic mailers in HD-48 special election (downloadable .pdf format)

• 1/5/2006: Candidates for statewide, congressional and legislative races (unofficial!)

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• 12/5/2005: Judge Pat Priest throws out some charges against Tom DeLay, modifies others

• 12/2/2005: U.S. Department of Justice staff memo recommending rejection of congressional redistricting plans in Texas

• 11/22/2005: Texas Supreme Court ruling on school finance [Shirley Neeley et al v. West Orange-Cove et al

• 11/22/2005: Texas Supreme Court dissent on school finance [Shirley Neeley et al v. West Orange-Cove et al

• 11/21/2005: Texas Tax Reform Task Force: Analysis of Current Texas Taxes

• 11/21/2005: Texas Tax Reform Task Force: Comptroller's Overview of Major Texas taxes

• 11/10/2005: Democratic Primary poll commissioned by the Texas Credit Union League

• 11/10/2005: Republican Primary poll commissioned by the Texas Credit Union League

• 11/4/2005: Chief Justice Wallace Jefferson declines to remove himself, and says Priest will hear the case

• 11/3/2005: Travis County prosectors' motion to recuse Judge B.B. Schraub, a Republican, from choosing a new judge to hear the DeLay case

• 11/3/2005: Schraub recuses himself and passes the case to Texas Supreme Court Chief Justice Wallace Jefferson

• 11/3/2005: Jefferson appoints Pat Priest of San Antonio

• 11/3/2005: Travis County prosectors' motion to recuse Jefferson from choosing the judge for the case

• 11/2/2005: 2004 General Election Results, by congressional district

• 11/2/2005: 2004 General Election Results, by state Senate district

• 11/2/2005: 2004 General Election Results, by state House district

• 10/26/2005: Two Ways to Add Classroom Dollars up to 65 percent, by School District (Adobe Acrobat file)

• 10/26/2005: Two Ways to Add Classroom Dollars up to 65 percent, by School District (Excel spreadsheet)

• 10/19/2005: House Speaker Tom Craddick issued House Interim Charges

Campaign Finance

• 10/11/2005: Tom DeLay's motion to dismiss the charges against him, to open grand jury records, and alleging prosecutorial misconduct

• 10/3/2005: DeLay, Colyandro, Ellis reindicted

• 9/28/2005: Press Release announcing the indictment of U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, R-Sugar Land

• 9/28/2005: ... and the DeLay Indictment itself

• 9/8/05: Indictments against Texans for a Republican Majority and the Texas Association of Business made public by Travis County prosecutors

• Diversified Dismissal 

• Earle Press Release 9/21/04 

• TRMPAC Indictments: 9/21/04 

• TRMPAC Indictments: 9-04-0598.pdf 

• TRMPAC Indictments: 9-04-0597.pdf 

• TRMPAC Indictments: 9-04-0596.pdf 

• TRMPAC Indictments: 9-04-0592.pdf 

• TRMPAC Indictments: 9-04-0591.pdf 

• TRMPAC Indictments: 9-04-0587.pdf 

• TRMPAC Indictments: 9-04-0586.pdf 

• TRMPAC Indictments: 9-04-0585.pdf 

• TRMPAC Indictments: 9-04-0584.pdf 

• TRMPAC Indictments: 9-04-0583.pdf 

• TRMPAC Indictments: 9-04-0582.pdf 

• TRMPAC Indictments: 9-04-0581.pdf 

• TRMPAC Indictments: 9-04-0580.pdf 

• TRMPAC Indictments: 9-04-0579.pdf 

• TRMPAC Indictments: 9-04-0578.pdf 

• TRMPAC Indictments: 9-04-0577.pdf 

• TRMPAC Indictments: 9-04-0576.pdf 

• TRMPAC Indictments: 9-04-0575.pdf 

• TRMPAC Indictments: 9-04-0574.pdf 

• TRMPAC Indictments: 9-04-0573.pdf 

• TRMPAC Indictments: 9-04-0572.pdf 

• TRMPAC Indictments: 9-04-0571.pdf 

• TRMPAC Indictments: 9-04-0570.pdf 

• TRMPAC Indictments: 9-04-0569.pdf 

• TRMPAC Indictments: 9-04-0568.pdf 

• TRMPAC Indictments: 9-04-0567.pdf 

• TRMPAC Indictments: 9-04-0566.pdf 

• TRMPAC Indictments: 9-04-0565.pdf 

• TRMPAC Indictments: 9-04-0564.pdf 

• TRMPAC Indictments: 9-04-0563.pdf 

• TRMPAC Indictments: 9-04-0562.pdf 

• TRMPAC Indictments: 9-04-0561.pdf

• Democrats ask courts to stop Associated Republicans of Texas contributions to candidates...

• ... and the Texas Supreme Court turns them down 

• Letters between Travis County DA Ronnie Earle and Sen. Bob Deuell

• Chris Bell's complaint against Tom DeLay 

• Anti-DeLay ad that ran in the Washington Times 

• West Orange-Cove school finance lawsuit/Dietz ruling 

• West Orange-Cove Final Judgment 

• West Orange-Cove motion 

• West Orange-Cove Findings of Fact 

• Texas Children First: Texas Senate's school finance "principles" 

• Sen. Florence Shapiro's version of what school finance and education reform should look like 

General Files

• Gov. Rick Perry's video of U.S. Sens. Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas, and Hillary Clinton, D-New York [Quicktime version]

• Gov. Rick Perry's video of U.S. Sens. Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas, and Hillary Clinton, D-New York [Windows Media Player version]

• Then-Agriculture Commissioner Rick Perry's letter to Hillary Clinton on her health care proposal 

• Rick Perry announces the members of his 2006 reelection steering committee 

• U.S. Sen Kay Bailey Hutchison explains her opposition to judicial appointee Leon Holmes 

• Carole Keeton Strayhorn's letter and fiscal note showing HB 3 out of balance

• Sen. Steve Ogden seeking an attorney general opinion on whether the Legislature can legally sidestep the comptroller's ruling on whether a budget balances

• Master's Report on the Heflin-Vo election challenge

• Master's Report in election challenge to Sen. Mario Gallegos 

• Hot House races in 2004 and what they cost/pre-election

• Hot House races in 2004 and what they cost/post-election 

• Early Vote 2004/pre-election

• Top campaigns ranked by contributions collected 

• Top campaigns in 2004, ranked by cash on hand at year-end 

• Top political action committees ranked by cash on hand 

• Top political action committees ranked by contributions collected 

• House Committees, listed by member 

• House Committee assignments 

• House: Other assignments

• U.S. Sen. John Cornyn's remarks on judicial restraint and violence against judges 

• Governor Rick Perry names Wallace Jefferson chief justice of the Texas Supreme Court

• Texas Supreme Court Chief Justice Wallace Jefferson's State of the Judiciary speech 

• Richard Murray's Memo for Texas Democrats trying to overcome a Republican majority