Speaker Series Video Archive Now Features Events with Senators Seliger and Davis
State Senator Wendy Davis, 12/1/2011Photograph by Ran An
The fall 2011 Texas Politics Speaker Series concluded with conversations with State Senators Kel Seliger (R-Amarillo) and Wendy Davis (D-Ft. Worth) during the last week of the semester. Senator Seliger is the chair of the Senate Redistricting Committee; Senator Davis was among those who filed suit in an effort to block the maps produced by the legislature. Both Senators discussed redistricting as well as a range of other issues in separate conversations with James Henson, director of the Texas Politics Project. You can view highlights from these events as well as the conversations in their entirety in the video archive below.
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Speaker Series Video Archive
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- Event:
- A Conversation with State Senator Wendy Davis
- Guest:
- State Senator Wendy Davis
- Date:
- December 1, 2011
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- Event:
- A Conversation with State Senator Kel Seliger
- Guest:
- State Senator Kel Seliger
- Date:
- November 30, 2011
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- Event:
- A Conversation with State Representative Todd Hunter (R-Corpus Christi)
- Guest:
- State Representative Todd Hunter
- Date:
- November 15, 2011
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- Event:
- A Conversation with Senator Kirk Watson (D-Austin)
- Guest:
- State Senator Kirk Watson
- Date:
- November 2, 2011
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- Event:
- The Texas Press on the Perry Candidacy
- Guests:
- Jason Embry, Christy Hoppe, and Jay Root
- Date:
- October 6, 2011
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- Event:
- Subiendo Academy Breakfast with Texas State Legislators
- Guests:
- State Rep. Carol Alvarado and State Rep. Eddie Rodriguez
- Date:
- June 14, 2011
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- Event:
- Business and Government Roundtable Launch
- Guests:
- James A. Johnson, interviewed by Evan Smith
- Date:
- April 27, 2011
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- Event:
- A Conversation with Joe Straus
- Guest:
- Joe Straus, Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives
- Date:
- April 5, 2011
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- Event:
- Changing Demographics and Changing Politics and Policy in Texas
(Texas Tribune Events Series) - Guest:
- Professor Steve H. Murdock, Rice University
- Date:
- February 28, 2011
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- Event:
- Higher Education Challenges in the 82nd Legislature
- Guest:
- State Rep. Dan Branch, Chair, Committee on Higher Education
- Date:
- February 3, 2011
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- Event:
- The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Debrief on the 2010 Election
- Guests:
- Arlene Wohlgemuth, Pete Laney, Corbin Casteel, and Jim Dow, moderated by Evan Smith
- Date:
- November 4, 2010 (morning session)
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- Event:
- The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Debrief on the 2010 Election
- Guests:
- Elise Hu-Stiles, Gromer Jeffers, Jr., Harvey Kronberg, Ross Ramsey, and Jay Root, moderated by Jim Henson
- Date:
- November 4, 2010 (afternoon session)
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- Event:
- Budget Reform Proposals
- Guest:
- State Senator Kirk Watson
- Date:
- November 30, 2010
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- Event:
- Subiendo Final Luncheon, 2010
- Guest:
- Governor Rick Perry
- Date:
- July 21, 2010
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- Event:
- Will Texas Become a Two-Party State Again? And, If So, When?
- Guest:
- Richard Murray
- Date:
- May 4, 2010
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- Event:
- A Bang or a Whimper: Interpreting the Outcome of the 2010 Primary Election in Texas.
- Guests:
- Gromer Jeffers, Jr., Harvey Kronberg, and Ross Ramsey
- Date:
- March 11, 2010
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- Event:
- Center for Politics and Governance Perspectives Series: The 2009 US National Survey. 2009 Fall Forum, Center for Politics and Governance.
- Guests:
- Brian Roberts and Daron Shaw, Department of Government, University of Texas at Austin
- Date:
- November 16, 2009
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- Event:
- Center for Politics and Governance Perspectives Series: A Conversation with Wallace Jefferson, Chief Justice of the Texas Supreme Court, hosted by Evan Smith
- Guest:
- Wallace Jefferson, Chief Justice of the Texas Supreme Court
- Date:
- December 4, 2009
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- Event:
- Center for Politics and Governance Perspectives Series: A Conversation with Mayor Bill White, hosted by Evan Smith
- Guest:
- Bill White, Mayor of Houston
- Date:
- November 20, 2009
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- Event:
- An Afternoon with State Representative Marc Veasey Discussing Redistricting
- Guest:
- State Representative Marc Veasey
- Date:
- November 17, 2009
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- Event:
- Center for Politics and Governance Perspectives Series: A Conversation with Karen Tumulty, hosted by Evan Smith
- Guest:
- Karen Tumulty
- Date:
- October 9, 2009
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- Event:
- The First Amendment and the Changing Landscape of News in Texas (and Beyond)
- Guests:
- Carlton Carl, Christy Hoppe, Harvey Kronberg, and Evan Smith
- Date:
- September 17, 2009
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- Event:
- Kay Bailey Hutchison Gubernatorial Campaign Launch at UT-Austin
- Guest:
- Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison
- Date:
- August 17, 2009
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- Event:
- Launch of the Hispanic Leadership Initiative
- Guests:
- UT Chancellor Francisco Cigarroa, former Congressman Henry Bonilla, former Texas Solicitor General Ted Cruz, State Representative Pete Gallego, and Travis County Judge Orlinda Naranjo
- Date:
- May 4, 2009
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- Event:
- When Barbara Jordan Talked, We Listened
- Guests:
- Max Sherman and Susan Rieff
- Date:
- April 16, 2009
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- Event:
- An Afternoon with the Representative
- Guest:
- State Representative Dan Branch
- Date:
- March 31, 2009
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- Event:
- Technology and Texas
- Guest:
- Representative Mark Strama
- Date:
- February 26, 2009
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- Event:
- The Post-Election Political Landscape in Texas
- Guests:
- Karen Brooks, Harvey Kronberg, and Ross Ramsey
- Date:
- November 11, 2008
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- Event:
- An Afternoon with the Congressman
- Guest:
- Congressman Henry Cuellar
- Date:
- October 21, 2008
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- Event:
- Politics, Partisanship, Perception & Public Policy
- Guest:
- Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson
- Date:
- October 16, 2008
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- Event:
- An Afternoon with the Representative
- Guest:
- Rick Noriega
- Date:
- October 6, 2008
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- Event:
- Reading Texas Tea Leaves: Implications of the 2008 Primary Elections
- Guests:
- Harvey Kronberg and Ross Ramsey
- Date:
- March 25, 2008
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- Event:
- Ten Rules for Politics, Leadership and Positive Change
- Guest:
- State Senator Kirk Watson
- Date:
- November 15, 2007
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- Event:
- A New Day at the Comptroller's Office: Simpler, Smarter, Faster
- Guest:
- Comptroller Susan Combs
- Date:
- November 1, 2007
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- Event:
- From the Government and Here to Help
- Guest:
- Representative Brian McCall
- Date:
- October 11, 2007
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- Event:
- Legislative Blogrolling
- Guests:
- Paul Burka, Eileen Smith, and Jim Warren
- Date:
- April 11, 2007
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- Event:
- Parent Power at the Polls
- Guests:
- Carolyn Boyle, Chair, Parent PAC
- Date:
- March 7, 2007
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- Event:
- Prospects for the 80th Legislative Session in Texas
- Guest:
- Texas State Senator John Whitmire
- Date:
- January 24, 2007
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- Event:
- Politics...They'll Let Anyone Do It!
- Guest:
- State Senator Kip Averitt
- Date:
- November 30, 2006
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- Event:
- Paradigm Shifts: A brighter future for higher education in Texas?
- Guest:
- State Senator Judith Zaffirini
- Date:
- November 8, 2006
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- Event:
- Barn Burning, Barn Building: Tales of a Political Life
- Guest:
- Ben Barnes
- Date:
- November 2, 2006
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- Event:
- The Promise of Coal and its Role in Texas' Energy Future
- Guest:
- Texas Railroad Commissioner Michael Williams
- Date:
- April 20, 2006
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- Event:
- Muddy Waters: Implications of March Primary Elections in Texas
- Guests:
- Harvey Kronberg, Ross Ramsey, and Evan Smith
- Date:
- March 22, 2006
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- Event:
- Redistricting and Its Consequences - Looking Forward
- Guests:
- Bill Ratliff and Pete Laney
- Date:
- February 21, 2006