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      <a href="/elect/2012/11/voting-for-me" class="BlogList-item-title" data-content-field="title">Voting for Me</a>

      
        
      

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      <a href="/elect/2012/11/explaining-government-to-first-graders" class="BlogList-item-title" data-content-field="title">Explaining Government to First Graders</a>

      
        
      

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      <a href="/elect/2012/10/for-the-political-junkie-in-you" class="BlogList-item-title" data-content-field="title">For the Political Junkie in You</a>

      
        
      

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    <article id="post-5eb704ba69870e5722882cda" class="BlogList-item hentry category-news category-old-news tag-election tag-election-2012 tag-gary-johnson tag-kless tag-libertarian tag-liberty tag-paxton tag-plano tag-sd-8 tag-sd8 tag-ternan post-type-text article-index-8 has-categories has-tags has-comments" data-item-id="5eb704ba69870e5722882cda">

      


      <a href="/elect/2012/10/electioneering-we-will-go" class="BlogList-item-title" data-content-field="title">Electioneering We Will Go!</a>

      
        
      

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    <article id="post-5eb704b969870e5722882cc6" class="BlogList-item hentry category-news category-on-big-government category-on-laws-that-need-to-c tag-allen-area-patriots tag-paxton tag-sd-8 tag-sd8 tag-ternan tag-texas-senate tag-texas-state-senate post-type-text article-index-9 has-categories has-tags has-comments" data-item-id="5eb704b969870e5722882cc6">

      


      <a href="/elect/2012/10/texas-senate-district-8-debate" class="BlogList-item-title" data-content-field="title">Texas Senate District 8 Debate</a>

      
        
      

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      <a href="/elect/2012/10/name-that-debater" class="BlogList-item-title" data-content-field="title">Name That Debater</a>

      
        
      

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    <article id="post-5eb704b969870e5722882c9f" class="BlogList-item hentry category-news category-on-big-government tag-republican-party tag-republicans post-type-text article-index-11 has-categories has-tags has-comments" data-item-id="5eb704b969870e5722882c9f">

      


      <a href="/elect/2012/10/what-to-do-if-you-get-a-republican-national-committee-survey" class="BlogList-item-title" data-content-field="title">What To Do If You Get a Republican National Committee Survey</a>

      
        
      

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      <a href="/elect/2012/10/why-i-favor-a-vehicle-miles-tax" class="BlogList-item-title" data-content-field="title">Why I Favor a Vehicle Miles Tax</a>

      
        
      

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    <article id="post-5eb704b869870e5722882c71" class="BlogList-item hentry category-news category-old-news category-on-big-government category-on-laws-that-need-to-c tag-paxton tag-ternan tag-texas-senate tag-unfunded-liabilities post-type-text article-index-13 has-categories has-tags has-comments" data-item-id="5eb704b869870e5722882c71">

      


      <a href="/elect/2012/10/texas-in-worse-fiscal-shape-than-new-york" class="BlogList-item-title" data-content-field="title">Texas in Worse Fiscal Shape Than New York</a>

      
        
      

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      <a href="/elect/2012/10/my-one-and-only-appeal-for-funds-in-2012" class="BlogList-item-title" data-content-field="title">My One and Only Appeal for Funds in 2012</a>

      
        
      

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      <a href="/elect/2012/10/a-legal-perhaps-ethical-gedanken" class="BlogList-item-title" data-content-field="title">A Legal, Perhaps, Ethical Gedanken</a>

      
        
      

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      <a href="/elect/2012/09/on-obamney-and-the-republicrats" class="BlogList-item-title" data-content-field="title">On Obamney and the Republicrats</a>

      
        
      

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    <article id="post-5eb704b769870e5722882c02" class="BlogList-item hentry category-on-big-government category-on-economics tag-debt tag-paxton tag-ternan tag-texas post-type-text article-index-17 has-categories has-tags has-comments" data-item-id="5eb704b769870e5722882c02">

      


      <a href="/elect/2012/09/texas-third-in-debt" class="BlogList-item-title" data-content-field="title">Texas Third in Debt</a>

      
        
      

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