/tags/2014-elections 2014 Elections en-US Copyright KUT News 2025 Mon, 29 Dec 2014 17:41:54 GMT /texas/2014-12-29/early-voting-starts-today-to-fill-texas-house-district-17-seat Early voting starts today in several special elections, including one to fill a State House seat vacated by State Rep. Tim Kleinschmidt,� Mon, 29 Dec 2014 17:41:54 GMT /texas/2014-12-29/early-voting-starts-today-to-fill-texas-house-district-17-seat /texas/2014-12-18/majority-of-texas-voters-chose-2014-candidates-based-on-political-party Straight ticket voting in Texas reached an all-time high in last month’s elections, according to a new report released by the Austin Community College� Thu, 18 Dec 2014 13:11:10 GMT /texas/2014-12-18/majority-of-texas-voters-chose-2014-candidates-based-on-political-party /austin/2014-12-07/watch-the-civic-summit-2014-austin-mayoral-debate KUT, KLRU and the Austin Monitor co-hosted a debate earlier today between Mike Martinez and Steve Adler. One of them will be Austin’s next mayor and will� Sun, 07 Dec 2014 17:36:03 GMT /austin/2014-12-07/watch-the-civic-summit-2014-austin-mayoral-debate Matt Largey /texas/2014-11-06/battleground-texas-has-to-sell-its-pricey-goal-to-big-donors-again The group Battleground Texas was begun with the idea that Texas is a state that can turn blue, but despite the money, volunteers and strategizing,� Thu, 06 Nov 2014 19:51:36 GMT /texas/2014-11-06/battleground-texas-has-to-sell-its-pricey-goal-to-big-donors-again /austin/2014-11-06/adler-and-martinez-look-to-ramp-up-fundraising-ahead-of-mayoral-runoff There was a time when it didn't cost a whole lot to win a race for Austin mayor.Up until the election of outgoing Mayor Lee Leffingwell, mayoral elections� Thu, 06 Nov 2014 17:29:39 GMT /austin/2014-11-06/adler-and-martinez-look-to-ramp-up-fundraising-ahead-of-mayoral-runoff Joy Diaz /texas/2014-11-05/democratic-share-of-latino-vote-shrinks-in-texas With Election Day in the rear-view mirror, we’re getting a look at research into what voters had to say. Political opinion research firm Latino Decisions� Thu, 06 Nov 2014 01:25:30 GMT /texas/2014-11-05/democratic-share-of-latino-vote-shrinks-in-texas /politics/2014-11-05/what-conventional-wisdom-gets-wrong-about-texas-politics For much of this election year there was powerful conventional wisdom about the race for governor in Texas: Democrat Wendy Davis couldn’t win, Republicans� Wed, 05 Nov 2014 21:31:36 GMT /politics/2014-11-05/what-conventional-wisdom-gets-wrong-about-texas-politics Richard Parker /texas/2014-11-05/election-results-roundup-final-numbers-from-texas-and-austin-races Election Day totals are in.Republicans swept the statewide elections, with Greg Abbott winning the gubernatorial race and Dan Patrick besting San Antonio� Wed, 05 Nov 2014 16:19:05 GMT /texas/2014-11-05/election-results-roundup-final-numbers-from-texas-and-austin-races Laura Rice /transportation/2014-11-05/statewide-transportation-measure-passes Update: The constitutional amendment to take some oil and gas tax revenues and direct them towards road project funding passed by a wide margin � 79.78� Wed, 05 Nov 2014 14:08:44 GMT /transportation/2014-11-05/statewide-transportation-measure-passes /texas/2014-11-05/amid-oil-boom-texas-votes-on-who-holds-the-reins-of-regulation Update: Ryan Sitton defeated Steve Brown in the race for Railroad Commissioner 58.31 percent to 36.49 percent.Original Story (Nov. 4, 4:14 p.m.): An empty� Wed, 05 Nov 2014 14:05:17 GMT /texas/2014-11-05/amid-oil-boom-texas-votes-on-who-holds-the-reins-of-regulation Mose Buchele