There are two glaring, related problems in Texas politics: (1) Candidates aren’t always who they say they are, and (2) voters and donors are inconsistent and sometimes confused regarding the candidates they support. As a result, many good Texas citizens – including some of the top political donors in the state – have given their votes and hundreds of thousands of dollars to candidates who weren’t even on their side!
READ MOREWe can all agree that the rules should apply to everyone equally. If information is made public, it ought to be accessible to everyone, not just political insiders who know how to work the system. That’s why we built Transparency Texas. We’ve taken all the available data and made it easy to search. We’ve taken all the political jargon and made it easy to understand.
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