With less than five weeks left to go in the session, Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst sat down with the Tribune to talk about his future political plans, the status of the budget in the Senate and in the biennial parley between the Senate and the House, redistricting and the tug-of-war over the Rainy Day Fund. An edited transcript follows.

TT: Are you going to run for governor or for U.S. Senate?

Dewhurst: I am 100 percent focused on this session, and I don't think I need to be distracted right now. I have given it a lot of ...

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