The University of Texas at Austin

In partnership with the KXAN Austin News, the Center for Politics and Governance at the LBJ School of Public Affairs will host a live TV/Internet debate on Wednesday May 7, 2008 at 12:30 p.m. the debate will be moderated by KXAN news anchor Robert Hadlock and Veronica Vargas Stidvent, Director of the Center for Politics and Governance. (Read More)

The Center for Politics and Governance at the LBJ School of Public Affairs will be hosting three events that spotlight the past, present, and future of the conservative movement in America. After playing host this year to a panoply of political guests including Texas Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, Democratic advisors Ted Van Dyk and James Johnson, former advisors to President George W. Bush Dan Bartlett, Matthew Dowd, and Allyson Ho, and the February 21st Democratic Presidential Debate, the LBJ School of Public Affairs will host conservative authors David Frum and Mickey Edwards, as well as a panel discussion on the Future of the Republican Party. (Read More)

The Center for Politics and Governance at the LBJ School of Public Affairs presents Mickey Edwards, former republican Congressman and co-founder of the Heritage Foundation, speaking on his new book Reclaiming Conservatism: How a Great American Political Movement Got Lost - and How it Can Find its Way Back Again. (Read More)

The Center for Politics and Governance presents Allyson Ho, former Special Assistant to President George W. Bush. Ms. Ho will be speaking on her experience in the White House as well as her role as a counselor to Attorney General John Ashcroft and Law Clerk for Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor. (Read More)

United States Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) will speak at the LBJ School on Thursday, March 27th at 12:15 PM. The Senator will speak on Iowa, the 2008 election, and other topics. (Read More)

The Center for Politics and Governance is proud to announce "Understanding the Hispanic Vote in 2008", which will take place at the Thompson Conference Center on Wednesday, April 9, 2008. As the 2008 election moves forward, Hispanic voters are playing in increasingly important role both in Texas and the country at large. The conference will convene some the nation’s most informed experts on Hispanic politics to explore how this growing demographic has and will continue to transform the political landscape in America. (Read More)

Stidvent Comments on Latino Vote, Dallas Morning News (Read More)

The 2008 presidential election has already proven to be one of the most interesting and unpredictable in U.S. history. On the Republican side, frontrunners have faded to near extinction only to roar back and take the national lead. Still other candidates soared to a sizable national lead early only to flame out spectacularly and exit the race over the span of a few weeks. (Read More)

CNN.com's Naamua Delaney talks to University of Texas' Veronica Vargas Stidvent about the Texas primary. (Read More)

Ron Brownstein, author of The Second Civil War and Political Director for Atlantic Media Company, will be at the LBJ School of Public Affairs on Monday, March 3rd speaking on his new book. Brownstein's talk will focus on how the country has moved into an era of extreme partisanship over the last 30 years. He will also be speaking on the 2008 Election. (Read More)

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Professor Sherri Greenberg Explains Texas Primary/Caucus System. (Read More)

KXAN Austin News interviewed Veronica Stidvent, director of the Center for Politics and Governance at UT's LBJ School of Public Affairs, and this is what she said about Thursday's debate. (Read More)

he LBJ School of Public Affairs and the Center for Politics and Governance present a discussion with James Johnson, noted business leader and Democratic Presidential advisor, and Dean James Steinberg on presidential transitions. The event will take place on Monday, February 11th at 12:15 PM. Johnson, who served as Vice President Walter Mondale's executive assistant from 1976 to 1981, also managed Mondale's 1984 presidential campaign and lead Senator John Kerry's Vice Presidential selection committee during his 2004 bid for the White House. (Read More)

Garrett Graff, Editor-at-Large of the Washingtonian Magazine and author of The First Election will be at the LBJ School on Tuesday, February 5th. Graff will be speaking on the intersection of politics and technology and how the internet has revolutionized our democratic process—the topic of his book. (Read More)

Professor Paul Stekler speaks with KEYE on young voter impact in the presidential primaries. (Read More)

The LBJ School's Center for Politics and Governance hosted Texas Senator, University of Texas and Law School alumnus and bestselling author, Kay Bailey Hutchison on Friday, November 9, 2007 at 2:00 p.m. in the 10th floor LBJ Library Atrium. (Read More)

This weekend features the annual Texas Book Festival, founded by first lady Laura Bush and featuring a wide range of authors, free of charge, in and around the state Capitol on Saturday and Sunday. Paul Stekler, Professor of Public Affairs, Professor of Radio-Television-Film and filmmaker, will be part of two programs on Saturday. (Read More)

The LBJ School's Center for Politics and Governance will host Texas Senator, University of Texas and Law School alumnus and bestselling author, Kay Bailey Hutchison on Friday, November 9, 2007 at 2:00 p.m. in the 10th floor LBJ Library Atrium. Senator Hutchison will provide a general overview of her new book, Leading Ladies: American Trailblazers, followed by discussion of select biographical snapshots of great American women featured in the book. The event will conclude with the Senator’s book-signing session, also in the LBJ Library Atrium. (Read More)

AUSTIN, Texas, September 21, 2007— The LBJ School of Public Affairs and the AT&T Foundation, the philanthropic arm of AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T), announced today the opening of the Center for Politics and Governance (CPG), with AT&T, a longtime supporter of The University of Texas System, providing a $1 million foundational grant to start the Center. (Read More)