Guest Column: How Conservative is David Dewhurst?
The state's lieutenant governor has clearly sided with and protected the Republicans in the Texas Senate, but has he presided as a conservative? That's in the eye of the beholder.
Full StoryLt. Gov. David Dewhurst is just the third Republican since Reconstruction to hold the seat in Texas. First elected to the post in 2002, he is in now in his third term, having served longer than all but two of his predecessors.
In July 2011, he announced his candidacy for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Kay Bailey ...
The state's lieutenant governor has clearly sided with and protected the Republicans in the Texas Senate, but has he presided as a conservative? That's in the eye of the beholder.
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Speaking as "just another voter" at a news conference in Houston, Gov. Rick Perry urged Republican voters in Texas to vote for Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst over former Texas Solicitor General Ted Cruz.
Full StoryAn ad by a pro-David Dewhurst Super PAC features a Pennsylvania mother as it again hits Ted Cruz over his connection to the developer in the "kids for cash" scandal.
Full StoryOn the first day of early voting in the July 31 primary runoffs, Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst and former Texas Solicitor General Ted Cruz took part in their final televised debate of the election cycle. It wasn't your usual debate.
Full StoryFormer Texas Solicitor General Ted Cruz accused Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst of "false attacks" and "dishonesty" in a new 30-second TV ad released Monday — the first day of early voting in the U.S. Senate runoff.
Full StoryThere's no mention of his opponent in the latest ad from Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst. Instead, he touts his business credentials and says, "I don’t think President Obama understands business" or "the potential of the private sector."
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Former Texas Solicitor General Ted Cruz, who has argued nine times before the U.S. Supreme Court, has made that work the cornerstone of his campaign for the U.S. Senate.
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Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst and former Texas Solicitor General Ted Cruz will participate in a third televised debate on Monday in Houston.
Full StoryNew ads from Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst's campaign and a pro-Dewhurst Super PAC aim to tie former Texas Solicitor General Ted Cruz to a judicial corruption scandal in Pennsylvania.
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Former Dallas Mayor Tom Leppert, who finished third in the GOP U.S. Senate primary, announced he was backing David Dewhurst on Tuesday after Dewhurst's debate with Ted Cruz.
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Ahead of Tuesday night's debate — likely the last televised debate of the GOP U.S. Senate runoff — the race between Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst and former Texas Solicitor General Ted Cruz has grown increasingly negative.
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Both Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst and former Texas Solicitor General Ted Cruz have recently accused each other of being less than honest with Texans. The attacks are likely to color Tuesday's televised debate in Dallas.
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Former Texas Solicitor General Ted Cruz leads Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst among likely voters in the July 31 Republican primary runoff for an open U.S. Senate seat, according to two new polls.
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In new television ads released Tuesday, Ted Cruz targets GOP U.S. Senate runoff rival David Dewhurst, while Dewhurst targets President Obama.
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Before he was the U.S. Supreme Court chief justice who helped save "Obamacare," John Roberts was friends with U.S. Senate candidate Ted Cruz, who described Roberts' controversial decision as "heartbreaking."
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Speaking to more than 200 people at a Tea Party event in Sugar Land, Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst and former Texas Solicitor General Ted Cruz showed more difference in style than in substance.
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Both Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst and former Solicitor General Ted Cruz are trying to make hay out of the financial support their opponent is drawing from lobbyists.
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On a wide range of issues at the front of Republican voters' minds, Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst and former Solicitor General Ted Cruz essentially agree. Actual policy differences between the candidates are exceedingly narrow.
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Former Texas Solicitor General Ted Cruz and state Sen. Dan Patrick, R-Houston, had a tense exchange Thursday on Patrick’s radio show as they debated Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst's record.
Full StoryIn a new TV ad, Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst describes the southern border as "a 2,000-mile monument to the failure of Washington," and the U.S. Senate candidate says President Obama's recent executive order "burns me up."
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Former Texas Solicitor General Ted Cruz said Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst made a "deliberate falsehood" when he said that he had never supported a payroll tax. Dewhurst's campaign says the allegations are "false and misleading."
Full StoryA Super PAC backing Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst's bid for the U.S. Senate released a new web video Friday in which Gov. Rick Perry praises Dewhurst's conservative record and criticizes some backers of former Solicitor General Ted Cruz as uninformed.
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Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst and former Texas Solicitor General Ted Cruz will take the stage Friday night in the first of two one-on-one debates scheduled ahead of the July 31 runoff.
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Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst opposes the DREAM Act, and former Texas Solicitor General Ted Cruz doesn't support amnesty. Yet after the back-and-forth between the rival U.S. Senate campaigns, some voters could be left wondering.
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Is Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst drawing more donations from Texas voters than former Texas Solicitor General Ted Cruz? Which campaign is dominated by money from out-of-state groups? Neither answer is clear-cut.
Full StoryIn its first attack video of the runoff, Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst's campaign for U.S. Senate has reached back to a 1980s-era arcade classic for inspiration.
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Speaking to Republicans in the Hill Country, both Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst and former Texas Solicitor General Ted Cruz on Friday repeatedly described themselves as the true "fighter" in the Republican runoff for U.S. Senate.
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David Dewhurst says he's open to any debate with Ted Cruz in which the organizer has the means to broadcast the event on television. Cruz's campaign says Dewhurst is being disingenuous in saying he's open to more debates.
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