Office In Texas Case Study

‘Despite several attempts to regulate campaign finance, money increasingly dominates the U.S. Electoral process and is the main factor contributing to a candidates success’ Discuss (30 marks)

The relationship between a governor and its elected or appointed bureaucrats are important for a state bureaucracy. It is very likely that most – if not, all bureaucracies share the common agreement: that the executive and legislative bodies must work together fairly with state agencies to reach their goal, which is to establish, control, and enforce certain policies that help create a perfect society. However, in the bureaucracy of the state of Texas, that goal seems to be unachievable. There are two articles that exploits the struggles between the state’s agencies and the state legislature. One explains the issue of budgetary powers for a Texas governor, and the other describes the frustration of authority between the Texas legislative lawmakers and one powerful state agency. There seems to be a fragmentation within the Texas bureaucracy, which can be rooted to the “Plural Executive” form of government that’s established in the state’s constitution, and the influence of interest groups on the state legislature.

To first start, I must say that in the last fifteen weeks of class I did learn a lot about Texas government and how does the state manage the power between the politician and the people that elect them and also how must of the laws and major decisions are taken and how everyone in the state take a big part at the time of making a change, make proposed change a law or apply for a new law.

1.What were the Interstate Compact Statistics for TDCJ in 2015? Number of Texas probationers supervised out-of-state: 6,787

On April 21st, Dr. Saxe held a panel discussion that lasted an hour and 30 minutes. All type of people that work at the local and state level went there, from people running for different districts to the state representative, Chris Turner. During this panel of discussion, 8 persons had the time to introduce themselves, what they’re running for, and what they would do if they get elected. This was a great day for this class because we had the opportunity to interact with people who holds positions in the state of Texas, giving us another view of how things work in Texas.

Mohan Karki Prof. Sherry Sharifian Govt 2306 30 Oct. 2017 Running for Texas State Senate Texas is divided into many city, county, districts where a person, who is resident for at least 1 years and citizen of United States can run for the office. There are different offices like United State Representative, Railroad Commissioner, Texas Governor, Texas State Senate, District Judge and so on in Texas. To run for this kind of organization a person should spend a hundred of dollars to promote and other activities. A report from the Texas Tribune shows that Kenneth Sheets, Texas House representative spend $548,844.71 and it cost $20.32 per vote (Essig). 1 This is just one example of how much it can cost to run for one office. Thus, I

In order to become a member of the Texas state legislature, there are certain demands that must be met. A senator, for example, must be twenty-six or older, a U.S. citizen,

Christopher Garza Professor Sharifian GOVT 2306-71003 September 30, 2017 Appeals to Apathy: Legislation in Texas Running for public office in the state of Texas is not an easy task. The state is rife with gerrymandering, special interest groups, and a generally apathetic voting populace. To challenge an incumbent means to battle against all of that. The population of Texas that does vote is most likely to vote for the same person that they have been voting for. Special Interest groups will fund their campaigns, giving them a greater platform to reach voters than one would have as an individual. Gerrymandering allows an incumbent to draw their district in a way that maximizes their voting base while minimizing their opposition. For

Mandira Pandey Professor Sherifian GOVT 2306-73004 1 May 2017 Local control in Texas The government of Texas is composed of entire democratic state government which uses municipal levels and dillion rule. It works beneath the constitution of Texas. The government of Texas is divided into three branches i.e. 1 executive legislative and judiciary. Executive for carrying out laws. Whereas, legislative for making laws. Likewise, judiciary branch aims for interpreting laws.

Shishir Acharya Professor Sharifian GOVT 2306-71003 December 1, 2017 Texas House and State Committee Texas is one of the states forming United States of America and it is one of the largest state in terms of its population and the total geographical area. The local government has been divided into county government, municipal government and special districts. Texas has been divided into house districts and senate districts. The house of representatives and the house of senate plays a crucial role in deliberating on issues specific to a given department.

Bijay Basnet Sharifian Sherry GOVT 2306-71003 10/30/2017 How to Run for Texas Senate Funding is an important part of anything either be a basic need as sustainable life or any project and so on. One of those various fields is Election. Funding is an important part of election and the cost of funding differs.

Aashish Aman Professor Sharifian Govt 2306 29 November 2017 The Campaign The data analysis of Texas tells that the Texas candidates spend the amount of money per vote discloses whether campaign won or lost with cheap or with high expenditure. The amount of cost required to run for the office in Texas depends on various things. It is based on three factors. Firstly, how much an applicant has raised their funds for the campaign; secondly, how much they are spending their money on a campaign and, most importantly, how many votes an applicant has received. Generally, the statewide campaigns are based on cost per vote but in some cases like an applicant in particular races limited to the smaller district are basically depends on the cost

Sabya Poudel Prof. Sherry Sharifian GOVT 2306-71426 October 29, 2017 The Champaign I would seek to run for the U.S House of Representative from Texas. I plan to have a cost of $18 per vote. As we know, different factors influence the cost of running for the office in Texas. The factor includes number of votes and the amount of resources that the candidates puts on. In my case, the number of votes that I would secure and resources that I have would seek to influence my spending levels. The campaigns that are targeted to national levels can be higher costs as compared to the district levels. Being a new person in the race would mean that I would have to invest more expenses as compared to incumbent individuals. 1 According to The

Elections in the past are very similar to elections in the modern world. Parenti even stated that “Elections were contested by candidates who were either wealthy themselves or were bankrolled by wealthy backers” (Parenti 52). Of course, in order to win these elections, candidates often used bribery. He continues by stating that in order for one to increase their chances of winning is by

Managing the how goods and services enter or leave this country (import/export) is an important process that allows for us to control the economic status of our nation. Sometimes imposing tariffs on the goods imported balances our labor cost, resources and government supported industry. A tariff by definition is a tax or duty to be paid on a particular class of imports or exports.