In a year when voters nationwide were gunning for entrenched incumbents, Texas voters returned the ultimate incumbent to office — a governor who had been in office for a decade and who now has a renewed office lease that runs until January 2015. Read More:
With Election Day four days away and counting, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Bill White hopscotched around the state Friday in an effort to rally the troops, get out the vote and seed doubts about the most recent public- opinion poll showing him down 12 percentage points to incumbent Gov. Rick Perry. Read More:
AUSTIN — Whether Gov. Rick Perry was an Aggie Yell Leader in college, an agriculture commissioner fighting “food terrorists” or a governor challenging the federal government, he has been a champion for his “team.” And if you’re not on his team and lose, no apologies. Perry, 60, is seeking re-election. He already is Texas’ longest-serving […]
AUSTIN — Democrat Bill White said on Friday that he doesn’t think Gov. Rick Perry shows enough respect to President Barack Obama. Read More:
Several of the candidates in this year’s gubernatorial race will debate in Houston on Sunday. The Harris County Department of Education is hosting the event at its conference center. Participants scheduled to take part in the debate are Democrat Bill White, Libertarian Kathie Glass and Green Pary candidate Deb Shafto. Read more
Ill will toward President Barack Obama and a voter belief that Republican Gov. Rick Perry has helped save the Texas economy are giving Perry a re-election lead over Democrat and former Houston Mayor Bill White, according to a new poll done for the Houston Chronicle and four other state newspapers. Perry leads with 46 percent […]
AUSTIN — Republican Gov. Rick Perry and Democratic former Houston Mayor Bill White clinched their parties’ nominations for governor Tuesday, setting up a fight over whether the problems in Washington or Austin are more relevant to Texans’ everyday lives. White told supporters in Houston he expects Perry to try to “perpetuate” himself with politics […]
Houston Mayor Bill White’s wife, Andrea, served the visiting ambassadors sandwiches in the living room of their spacious memorial-area home as several hours of discussion set the stage for Monday’s announcement that White is considering switching from a run for the U.S. Senate to a bid for Democratic nomination for governor. As a result of […]
