UPDATED: An email from a lobbyist at one of the state’s largest law firms suggests there may be efforts underway to persuade three second-place Republican primary finishers to withdraw from the May runoffs.
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Tone of Races Could Grow Nastier During Runoffs
Candidates in several races came out swinging during the primary season, and that is not expected to ebb during the runoff campaign — particularly in the GOP races for lieutenant governor and attorney general.
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Analysis: David Dewhurst in a Familiar and Rather Uncomfortable Spot
For the second time in two years, Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst is in a primary runoff. And the odds are heavily against him.
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The Brief: March 6, 2014
A GOP primary contest that rewarded many of the most conservative candidates on the ballot has the national media sizing up the continued strength of the Tea Party in Texas.
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Video: Patrick, Dewhurst Speak on Primary Night
On Tuesday, the top two vote-getters in the Republican primary for lieutenant governor — state Sen. Dan Patrick and incumbent David Dewhurst — spoke to their supporters at events in Houston. Watch what they said as they begin their runoff campaigns.
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The Brief: March 5, 2014
Some questions got answered in Tuesday’s primary contests as the conversation now shifts to the May runoff elections and to the November general elections.
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The Brief: March 4, 2014
Another dose of winter weather expected to hit overnight from Austin and San Antonio to Houston is injecting a note of uncertainty into today’s party primary elections.
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The Brief: March 3, 2014
Election Day is tomorrow, and the tenor of some of the campaigns has moved toward “no quarter, bayonet the wounded.”
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Campaign Strategies Get Trickier When Runoff Elections Are Likely
An unusually large number of statewide primary candidates are expected to head into a runoff. For some campaigns, that likelihood has meant considering how their actions may impact a second round.
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Battleground Texas Fires Back at Critics
Battleground Texas, the Democratic group working to make the state politically competitive, wrote a letter to Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst on Tuesday saying it has broken no laws.