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Newsreel: Runoff Debate, Wallace Hall, Tech Chancellor Finalist

This week in Newsreel: lite guv candidates have civil debate; Perry defends UT regent; Duncan is next chancellor at Texas Tech.

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This week in the Texas Weekly Newsreel: The Republican candidates for lieutenant governor got together for one final public forum before the runoffs are over – they were civil to each other. Gov. Rick Perry weighs in on behalf of embattled UT regent Wallace Hall. State Sen. Robert Duncan is the sole finalist for chancellor of the Texas Tech University System.

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