The 2022 political season is just starting, but there are already three Republicans with statewide experience running for attorney general — including the incumbent.
David Dewhurst
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Criminal Justice
Former Texas Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst arrested on domestic violence charge
Dewhurst ran against Ted Cruz for the GOP nomination for U.S. Senate and was ousted from his No. 2 spot in Texas government by Dan Patrick.
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Analysis: Transparency can be downright hazardous to Texas lawmakers
A state senator decided to run for U.S. Senate and had to disclose information about his income and assets that isn’t required of Texas officials. Just think what we might learn if Texas politicians had to meet the more stringent federal standards.
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Texas 2020 Elections
Analysis: Bigger stages demand better contestants — in politics, as in everything else
Julián Castro and Beto O’Rourke, the Texans in the scrum of Democrats seeking that party’s presidential nomination, have been on big stages before. But not this big.
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Texas Elections 2018
6 ways Beto O’Rourke’s Senate bid is like Ted Cruz’s first bid for Congress
Back in 2012, Ted Cruz was the underdog who managed to beat out the better-known David Dewhurst for a U.S. Senate seat. Now, as Cruz is running for re-election, there are echoes of that earlier campaign in Beto O’Rourke’s bid to unseat Cruz.
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Texas Elections 2018
Analysis: Winning an election without money is hard. It’s hard to win with money, too.
Democrats challenging Republican incumbents are doing pretty well this year on the campaign finance front. It’s very hard to win a big political race without that kind of success. But money alone is not the key to victory.
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Politics
Dewhurst Endorses Cruz, a Former Foe, for President
Former Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst, Ted Cruz’s opponent in the bitter 2012 U.S. Senate runoff, is endorsing Cruz for president, he confirmed Friday.
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Politics
Loan Issues Put Asterisk on Cruz’s U.S. Senate Win
A new revelation about an undisclosed loan from his wife’s employer casts some uncertainty over the political triumph that has become central to Ted Cruz’s political identity.
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Politics
Analysis: When Apathy Becomes a Political Tactic
Election turnout surged the last time Texas votes really mattered in a presidential primary, but the 2008 runoffs a month later were marked by a full relapse of electoral anemia. It could happen again next year, and some challengers are counting on it.
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TribCast
TribCast: God & Government, Dewhurst’s Debt and Texas Textbooks
On this week’s TribCast, Emily talks to Evan, Ross and Jay about the Trib’s God & Governing documentary project, former Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst’s looming campaign debt and the flap over Texas textbooks.