Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst upset the normal order of things when he announced his committee leaders four months early. But he did the senators a political favor in the process.

During his U.S. Senate bid, Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst attracted more support from single-candidate Super PACs than any other nonpresidential candidate in the U.S. this election season, according to a new report.

At this morning's TribLive conversation, GOP state Reps. and Texas Senate hopefuls Kelly Hancock, Ken Paxton and Larry Taylor discussed two key procedural matters related to the 83rd Legislative Session.

This week on the Newsreel: Redistricting maps tossed, Dewhurst runs for re-election, and the Senate's committees are being reorganized.

Many Texas party activists at the Republican National Convention say they have supported the same state leaders time and time again. But now, they are ready for a change in management.

As the 2012 Republican National Convention continues, the 2014 race for Texas lieutenant governor is already heating up. Candidates confirm their political intentions this week in Florida.

Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst, who spoke Tuesday to the Republican National Convention's Texas delegation in Wesley Chapel, Fla., said that he expects to run for re-election in 2014 "to build on what we've been able to achieve."

Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst, after getting a standing ovation by the Texas Republican delegation in Florida, announced Tuesday that he plans to run for re-election.

The GOP U.S. Senate race between former Texas Solicitor General Ted Cruz and Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst turned into a political tug-of-war between national conservative stars backing Cruz and Texas Republican leaders for Dewhurst. 

Mike Baselice, CEO of the polling firm used by David Dewhurst's campaign, said his firm should have screened out probable voters in survey results and that data drawn only from those who would "definitely" vote was more indicative of the final 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.

Polls open today for the state's runoff elections. But as Ben Philpott of KUT News and the Tribune reports, attention in the U.S. Senate race is still partly focused on last week's higher-than-expected early-voting turnout, which could spell good news for either candidate.

On the eve of the Republican primary runoff, Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst bought a chicken sandwich at a Chick-fil-A in Austin and told reporters he was confident he would beat former Texas Solicitor General Ted Cruz.

The race between two Republicans vying for an open U.S. Senate seat has drawn intense interest even though the candidates agree on most issues. Meanwhile, the Democratic Senate hopefuls have major disagreements but have struggled to gain traction.

A new poll shows former Texas Solicitor General Ted Cruz with a 10-point lead over Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst in the GOP race to replace U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison.

With 37 runoff races on the ballot Tuesday, a political primary season that was originally supposed to wrap up in May is finally coming to an end.

The race for the Republican nomination for Texas’ U.S. Senate seat wasn’t supposed to be a race at all. But as Ben Philpott of KUT News and the Tribune reports, just days before Tuesday’s runoff election, the competition is tight.