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TribLive: Why Dewhurst Made the Ten Worst List

At this morning's TribLive conversation, the authors of Texas Monthly's biennial Best and Worst Legislators story explained why they put Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst on the Ten Worst list.

by Evan Smith

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At this morning's TribLive conversation, the authors of Texas Monthly's biennial Best and Worst Legislators story, senior executive editor Paul Burka and senior editor Nate Blakeslee, explained why they took the unusual step of including a member of the leadership, Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst, on the Ten Worst list.

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