Joe Straus is marking his stragglers for everyone to see by giving them the most help. The Texas House Leadership Fund (the Fund), a political action committee controlled by the Speaker, has given to 13 candidates and the largest donations are going to endangered incumbents. Barbara Nash, the PAC’s top recipient, has collected $25,000. Nash,…

Speaker Struas stragglers marked

Murphy Turner connected to shadow PACs
Despite its best efforts at concealment, Austin consulting firm Murphy Turner and Associates has been connected to a shadow PAC, Texans for Conservative Government. Murphy Turner initially lied about its connection to the attack PAC but the group was eventually exposed by the Daily News. Texans for Conservative Government is one of many PACs that…

Straus the weak
Fourteen points of unusual Speaker weakness for Joe Straus Tea Parties, the most powerful force in Texas politics right now, uniformly oppose Joe Straus. Straus is on the wrong side of the other most powerful force in Texas politics, the Governor, by opposing the Texas Budget Compact, the Governor’s signature off-season policy initiative. Gov. Perry…

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