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No subject was off limits in the Republican primary runoff for Texas lieutenant governor. From depression and bankruptcy to questioning the other’s conservatism, state Sen. Dan Patrick, R-Houston, and Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst exchanged heated attacks.

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