The two Texas Republicans in the runoff for an open U.S. Senate seat are taking different approaches in their latest TV ads, which were released Tuesday morning.

For his first television ad of the runoff, former Texas Solicitor General Ted Cruz is focusing on a short exchange between him and Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst during a televised debate last month.

In the segment, Cruz asked Dewhurst if he ever supported a "statewide wage tax, a payroll tax." Dewhurst said he never did, a response that Cruz has described as a "deliberate falsehood."

The ad will run statewide, according to ...

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