July 17, 2018      5:51 PM

Lt. Gov. Patrick leading the charge to defend Sen. Burton, and other campaign finance filings

Of the three potentially vulnerable Republican senators in the fall, Burton appears to be the only one backstopped by the Senate’s presiding officer so far; Patrick has been working to secure business support for her with mixed success

Editor’s note: This story has be updated throughout – SB

It’s Christmas in July for state political nerds today, with another round of semiannual reports now on the Texas Ethics Commission website. Even if there was some delay this morning as an upgrade to the site was being done.

Here’s what we rounded up at Buzz Central.

By James Russell

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