Election Campaigns

WFAA Probably Won't Let Libertarian John Jay Myers Into Senate Debate, So He's Protesting Its Downtown Headquarters

John Jay Myers owns the Free Man, a Cajun joint in Deep Ellum. He also runs a wholesale embroidery business, has a "deep, deep mistrust of the government," would like to legalize medical marijuana, and thinks we should bring all the U.S. troops home. And he believes Texans are being denied a chance ... More >>

Rick Perry's Not Always Big on Science, But He Did Use It To Win Some Elections

​Even Rick Perry doesn't hate science all the time. His uneasy relationship with evolution and global warming notwithstanding, the Man Beneath the Hair understands that sometimes all that brainy shit with the white coats and clipboards can actually benefit him. And that's exactly what happened in ... More >>

City Council's Set to Rewrite Ordinances Allowing for Food Trucks, Campaign Signs

From Jack's ChowHound's Facebook page​Tomorrow the city council will discuss why Mary Suhm wants to keep all of Dallas' trash and allowing the public a shot at redrawing the council districts' boundaries. But not before it votes on two hot-button issues: food trucks and campaign signs on public pr ... More >>

Dallas' Next Mayor Will Face Tough Budget Choices. Too Bad The Candidates Won't Talk About Them.

Welcome To The Dull House

In the Collin County courthouse, due process has a funny way of expressing itself: payback, personal vendettas and overzealous prosecutions.

Before Mayoral Candidates Make Issue Out of Political Affiliations, a Look at Who's What

During the 2007 mayoral campaign, former city council member Ed Oakley sent out mailers depicting himself and convicted felon Don Hill as Democrats and Tom Leppert and former Mayor Pro Tem Max Wells as Republicans. Oakley also accepted the endorsement of the Dallas County Democratic Party and printe ... More >>

Is David Kunkle's candidacy for mayor a sign that Dallas is headed in the right direction or that Schutze is off his meds?

While We're on the Subject of Dallas County District Attorney's Race, Let's Look at Watkins', Clancy's Campaign Finance Reports

Sam MertenCraig Watkins​Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins outraised Republican challenger Danny Clancy by more than $50,000 during the latest three-month fund-raising period, while Clancy outspent his Democratic counterpart by more than $20,000, according to campaign finance report ... More >>

Mayor Leppert's Contributions Dry Up and Then His Big Fund-Raiser Becomes a Charity Event -- What Gives?

Mayor Leppert at last year's "Giraffes, Monkeys and Lepperts" fund-raiser.​For the past two years, Mayor Tom Leppert's annual "Giraffes, Monkeys and Lepperts" event at the Dallas Zoo has served as a birthday bash for the mayor and fund-raiser for Friends of Tom Leppert, a committee formed to p ... More >>

Who is Clay Jenkins? We'd Like to Know Too, But He Ain't Talkin'.

Claire JordanIt took 11 days and a lot of effort from us just to get a statement from Clay Jenkins, who wants to replace Jim Foster as county judge.​Fifty-two votes. That's all that kept Clay Jenkins from securing the Democratic nomination for county judge on March 2. Instead, he'll take on fo ... More >>

Rick Perry and Kay Bailey Hutchison Are Locked In A Pitched Battle Over The Soul Of The GOP. They Are Also Running For Governor.

Before She's Required to Disclose Her Lobbying Efforts, We Take a Look-See at What Carol Reed's Banked From Mayor Leppert

Mark GrahamSure, Woodlief's Allyn Media has brought in about seven times the amount Reed has from Tom Leppert-related campaigns, but Reed remains the queen of consulting.As the city council continues to discuss ethics reform in the aftermath of 23 guilty verdicts in the Dallas City Hall corruption t ... More >>

Something About Tennell Atkins's Campaign Finance Reports Doesn't Quite Add Up

Brian Harkin/Sam MertenTennell Atkins says Tennell Atkins & Associates hasn't been operational since he took office as a council member in June 2007, but his campaign finance reports show nearly $9,000 in rent payments for an office bearing that name.With the city council campaign season heating up, ... More >>

Poll-Axed

John Cornyn doesn't need to sweat over Rick Noriega just yet

Obama and Me

It was the year 2000, and I was a young, hungry reporter in Chicago with a young, hungry state legislator on my speed dial

Mayor Tom Leppert Needs to Walk the Ethics Reform Talk

If the mayor wants to raise the ethical bar at City Hall, he won't have far to reach

Dallas' Political Designing Woman

When Dallas' political elite need a win, Carol Reed cheers them on and calls the plays

The Choir Boy Mayor

What Tom Leppert's campaign tells you about Tom Leppert

Show Us the Money!

Don Hill Goes Down the River with Sam Coats and Angela Hunt. Say What?

Slow Out the Gate

Don Hill's late decision to run for mayor could benefit other candidates

Don't You Wish Your Mayor Was Hot Like Me

Dallas' mayoral wannabes are all nice guys. Where's the fun in that?

Matt Pulle Still Doesn't Give Jennifer Gale a Chance. That's a Shame.

My Ex-Girlfriend's Husband is "Lead Consultant" For Sam Coats' Mayoral Campaign. That's Odd.

Crain: The Candidate of Pocket Change

Save it for a Rainy Day (As If)

Gary Griffith Opens the Books. Has To, Really.

The Strong Arm of the Law

The stakes are low in Constable Mike Dupree's re-election campaign--so are the blows

The Hulk

Oh, no, this isn't just about a strong mayor

Democracy Inaction

Mr. Gonz doesn't go to Washington

Mad TV

The race for governor gets dirty fast

Remember Vote Fraud?

The DA was hot to do something about it until his own campaign got going

Selling Ron

A pro-business black Democrat who appeals to white voters, Ron Kirk is the sport utility vehicle of Senate candidates. But will voters buy him?

The Envelope, Please

And the Tom Dunning staff member who has been subpoenaed to the grand jury is...

Absentee Minded

Hey, Mr. Zillionaire Developer, got a big public project you want to sell? Black Dallas has the votes you need--dirt cheap.

The Race Race

In the battle for the District 6 council seat, the dark horse has a white face

Swing Vote

Think all politics is local? In the 5th District, think again.

Damaged goods

What do you get for 50 bucks a meeting? Thomas Korosec sizes up the man and woman most likely to succeed Al Lipscomb.

Little people

A Bush victory in November could mean big bucks for small Dallas entrepreneurs

Grandma goes electric

Comptroller Carole Keeton Rylander wants to take the state into the 21st century -- and herself into higher office -- with her vision of "e-Texas"

Dissed robes

On the prosecution-biased Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, justice isn't blind. It's dumb.

Ross on the ropes

Ross Perot inspired his Reform Party followers to throw the hypocritical rascals out of politics. They did.

The Nerd Behind the Throne

Karl Rove has masterminded all of Bush's political victories. Now he faces his toughest challenge: convincing you that the presidential front-runner owns his own soul

Ignorance is bliss

Two supposed champions of open government are pushing hard to keep campaign finance records off the Internet. What don't they want you to know?

Buzz

Holy handouts

How taxpayers -- including you, if you hit the flea market in Canton -- are subsidizing the Christian right

Bush's free ride

With a little help from his Democratic pals, George W. Bush has become the GOP front-runner for president. But it's a cold world beyond Texas' borders, and it may take more than charm and luck to carry a good ol' boy to the White House.

Chaos theory

A politically dysfunctional DISD board heads into a May election that's looking so scary, few voters or contributors want to go near it

Politics makes strange enemies

Why Domingo Garcia is running against the father of his godson

Power Ranger

Candidate Richard Harvey and his tall tales