Coming up in the Trib and The New York Times: Whose endorsements really make a difference for candidates? And we follow a group of teens at an anti-abortion summer camp.

After clinching the Texas GOP nomination to the U.S. Senate, Ted Cruz asks voters to put the nasty campaign behind them. An emotional Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst admits defeat. Watch highlights from the speeches and reaction from the candidates' supporters following Tuesday's election results.

In honor of today's Republican primary runoff, video highlights of the contentious race. Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst and Ted Cruz, a former state solicitor general, both had their share of memorable moments during three televised debates.

Former Texas Solicitor General Ted Cruz and Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst have been trading barbs for weeks during their fight for the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate. In this video, we capture the highlights of the battle in debates and ads.

The runoff election is finally here. Who is ahead in the polls, and who will show up to vote?

A young woman, who may never be able to live on her own after a traffic accident, was awarded nearly $9 million by a jury — but the verdict was overturned. And a new juvenile facility will focus on teenagers who got involved in drug smuggling.

Ted Cruz has argued more cases before the U.S. Supreme Court than any practicing lawyer in Texas, reporter Aman Batheja explains. And reporter Morgan Smith discusses how to track Texas schools with the Tribune's Public Schools Explorer.

Gov. Rick Perry, who called on Mitt Romney to cough up his tax returns when they were running against each other, stopped short Tuesday of pressing the presumptive Republican nominee to produce more records.

Domingo Garcia and Marc Veasey, Democrats running for Congress in Dallas' District 33, traded barbs during a half-hour debate on Tuesday hosted by KERA. Here is a selection of some of the livelier moments.

The Texas oil boom is causing benefits and challenges for local communities, and sex trafficking victims now have a safe house in Texas.

Michael Morton’s 2011 exoneration brought to a crescendo calls for change in the way that prosecutors are regulated in Texas. Morton, prosecutors and criminal justice reform advocates talk about why prosecutorial errors happen and how they can be prevented.

Michael Morton’s exoneration last year brought to a crescendo in Texas calls for change in the way that prosecutors are regulated. Morton and others discuss whether there is a need for more accountability for state lawyers and how it ought to be accomplished.

Nobody knows exactly who will show up to vote in the July 31 runoff election, and voters who head to the polls for one candidate might actually help another.

Who will show up to vote for the July 31 runoff election, and what happens when prosecutors make mistakes?

Takeaways from the Republican and Democratic Senate debates between Ted Cruz and David Dewhurst on the one hand, and Paul Sadler and Grady Yarbrough on the other.