A Republican candidate forum in Willis ended with an uncomfortable exchange between former state Solicitor General Ted Cruz and a former state senator acting as a surrogate for Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst.
Aman Batheja
Aman Batheja was a political reporter and editor for the Tribune from 2012 to 2019. Previously he worked for eight years at the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, most of that time covering state and local politics. A native of Cedarhurst, New York, he has an undergraduate degree in journalism and psychology from New York University and a master's in economics from the University of Texas at Arlington.
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Lobbyists Provide Campaign Funding, Ammo for Cruz, Dewhurst
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 Most Major Issues, Cruz and Dewhurst Agree
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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Cruz and Patrick Have Heated Debate on Dewhurst’s Record
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.
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Demographics
Dewhurst’s Latest TV Ad: “Stop Obama’s Amnesty”
In 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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In Debate, Sadler and Yarbrough At Odds on Economy, Immigration
In a debate between the Democrats running for U.S. Senate, retired educator Grady Yarbrough and former legislator Paul Sadler disagreed on most major issues, including whether America needs a “Berlin Wall” on the southern border.
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Public Education
Cruz Accuses Dewhurst of “Deliberate Falsehood”
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.”
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Updated: Liveblog: The KERA Senate Debate
Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst and former Texas Solicitor General Ted Cruz faced off Friday night in the first debate of the hotly contested Republican primary runoff for U.S. Senate.
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Perry: Cruz Backers Don’t Know “How Texas Works”
A 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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Cruz, Dewhurst Set to Go One-on-One in TV Debate
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.