Dewhurst Leans On 'Old Guard' Republicans
Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst is leaning on his party's 'old guard' as he tries to secure a U.S. Senate nomination, hoping to regain the air of inevitability he once enjoyed in the race.
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Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst is leaning on his party's 'old guard' as he tries to secure a U.S. Senate nomination, hoping to regain the air of inevitability he once enjoyed in the race.
Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst said Wednesday that he never felt the need to woo key tea party leaders nationwide. In his words, "I've been focused on Texans."
Tea party superstars from across the country are converging on Texas in hopes of helping grassroots darling and U.S. Senate hopeful Ted Cruz pull off an upset that had long seemed unthinkable against the mainstream Republican choice Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst.
The two Republican candidates for the U.S. Senate repeatedly ripped into each other during a third debate as early voting began across Texas.
Texas is in political overtime, and the stakes are high. Early voting started Monday across the state for runoff races from the May primary.
The two Republican candidates for the U.S. Senate are expected to debate one last time on Monday night in Houston, as early voting starts across the state.
Early voting for the Texas primary runoffs begins Monday. Well-funded candidates will blitz the airwaves with ads and local politicians will be going door-to-door and working the phones to bring out the vote.
An hourlong debate between the remaining Republican candidates for U.S. Senate was overshadowed Tuesday night by the announcement that came afterward.
The Republicans vying to fill an open U.S. Senate seat are meeting for a second debate in Dallas as their bitterly contested race enters its final two weeks.
For the first time, an independent poll shows tea party favorite Ted Cruz has taken the lead over Lieutenant Governor David Dewhurst in the Republican primary runoff for the U.S. Senate seat in Texas.
Conservative activist group Club for Growth has bought $1.5 million in television and radio ads attacking Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst in his bid for the Senate.
Ted Cruz's campaign acknowledged that he missed a deadline to file his financial disclosure forms, but asked why Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst deleted past speeches from his website.
Before he was the U.S. Supreme Court chief justice who helped save "Obamacare," John Roberts was friends with U.S. Senate candidate Ted Cruz, who once called Roberts one of the "very best lawyers in the country." But he recently described the justice's controversial decision as "heartbreaking."
Long-simmering tensions between a tea party-backed U.S. Senate candidate and a leading tea party voice in the Texas Legislature have boiled over.
Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst and former Texas Solicitor General Ted Cruz faced off tonight in the first debate of the hotly contested Republican primary runoff for U.S. Senate.
Bitter rivals for the Texas Republican U.S. Senate nomination square off in Dallas on Friday in a debate that could shape their runoff election's final 40 days.
The two Texans embroiled in a white-hot battle for the Republican U.S. Senate nomination both said that their records prove they are more-conservative than their opponent.
The Texas Republican Convention began with a chorus of boos, long and loud, for Gov. Rick Perry -- a former Republican presidential candidate and the longest-serving governor in state history. It ended with two opponents for the GOP's U.S. Senate nomination slugging it out in dueling floor speeches.
Both contenders in the runoff election for the GOP nomination for U.S. Senate Seat try to rally support during the Texas Republican convention in Fort Worth.
Tea party favorite Ted Cruz has told the state Republican Convention that the race for Texas' open U.S. Senate seat will test the question, "Do grassroots matter?"
Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst addressed the Texas Republican convention on Friday, largely without boos -- a sign of unity in a party still struggling with deep internal divisions.
Laurie Cockerell spent Thursday at the State Republican Convention selling conservative children's books –– including one she wrote, called the Founders Fables.
Texas Governor Rick Perry provoked loud and sustained boos at the state Republican Convention by repeating his support for U.S. Senate candidate David Dewhurst.
Ex-NFL running back and ESPN announcer Craig James has endorsed former opponent David Dewhurst for the Republican nomination for a vacant U.S. Senate seat.
It's been less than a day since former Texas Solicitor General Ted Cruz forced a runoff against Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst for the vacant U.S. Senate seat. But that doesn't mean the campaigning has taken a break.
