Evan Smith, CEO and Editor-in-Chief of The Texas Tribune, speaks with state Sen. Wendy Davis during the closing one-on-one keynote session of The Texas Tribune Festival on Sep. 29, 2013. | <a href="http://www.texastribune.org/">Texas Tribune</a>

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Evan Smith, CEO and Editor-in-Chief of The Texas Tribune, speaks with Dick Armey, JoAnn Fleming, Julie McCarty, Debra Medina, and state Reps. Matt Krause and Jonathan Stickland during the 'What Does The Tea Party Want?' keynote session of The Texas Tribune Festival on Sep. 28, 2013. | <a href="http://www.texastribune.org/">Texas Tribune</a>

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Evan Smith, CEO and Editor-in-Chief of The Texas Tribune, speaks with Jeremy Bird, Bill White, U.S. Rep. Pete Gallego, and state Sen. Leticia Van De Putte during the 'Turning Texas Blue' keynote session of The Texas Tribune Festival on Sep. 28, 2013. | <a href="http://www.texastribune.org/">Texas Tribune</a>

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Texas Tribune reporter Reeve Hamilton speaks with Barry Smitherman, state Sen. Ken Paxton, and state Rep. Dan Branch during the 'And The Next Attorney General of Texas Will Be…' keynote session of The Texas Tribune Festival on Sep. 28, 2013. | <a href="http://www.texastribune.org/">Texas Tribune</a>

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Ross Ramsey, Executive Editor of The Texas Tribune, speaks with Texas Lieutenant Governor David Dewhurst during a one-on-one conversation of The Texas Tribune Festival on Sep. 28, 2013. | <a href="http://www.texastribune.org/">Texas Tribune</a>

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Audiences listen as Evan Smith, CEO and Editor-in-Chief of The Texas Tribune, speaks with U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz during the opening one-on-one conversation of The Texas Tribune Festival on Sep. 27, 2013. | <a href="http://www.texastribune.org/">Texas Tribune</a>

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Former Director of the U.S. Census Bureau, Steve Murdock, speaks at the 'Texas in 2050: It's All Over for The Anglos' keynote speech of The Texas Tribune Festival on Sep. 28, 2013. | <a href="http://www.texastribune.org/">Texas Tribune</a>

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