Republican Rick Perry leads Democrat Bill White by 9 percentage points — 44 percent to 35 percent — in the 2010 race for governor, according to the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune poll.

Houston will be home to “a significant head office headquarters presence” handling technological functions for the airline that emerges from the merger between Continental and United airlines…

I want to commend the leadership of the Republican party of Harris County and Houston Texas for leading in the fight to do what is necessary to secure our future and keep Texas …

Hutchison got $1.2 billion; area lawmakers asked for $322 million

State Rep. Eddie Rodriguez, D-Austin, was arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated Thursday night, he said Saturday.

U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett has not committed his vote on the Senate’s version of the health care bill, which the House of Representatives is expected to take up Sunday.

RagingElephants.org candidate Marilyn Jackson’s opponent was arrested and charged with DWI on Thursday, March 18, 2010.  Eddie Rodriguez represents Texas House District 51 in southeast Austin, Texas.

Now that a vote on the health care bill seems imminent, members of Congress are being bombarded with calls by constituents asking (and sometimes demanding) that their member vote a certain way.

I was always puzzled at why Doggett’s major campaign contributors were health insurance companies…   allowing his net worth to exceed 21 million dollars since his 2005 election to Congress.

Hispanic candidates ran strongly in many Republican primary races across Texas this week, but two candidates are blaming their losses to Anglos on racially polarized voting.