The Big Conversation:

A debate over debates has taken hold in the U.S. Senate race.

Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst and Ted Cruz, who recently traded barbs over whether they might debate in Spanish before the July 31 runoff, have accepted invitations to two debates in Dallas, one on June 22 hosted by KERA and the other on July 17 hosted by WFAA.

Dewhurst has indicated that he'd accept additional invitations, but only to televised events. On Thursday, as the Tribune's Aman Batheja reports, Dewhurst said he would prefer to face off with Cruz in a "public forum ...

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