After 16 years in statewide office, Republican Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst lost a bitterly fought battle to state Sen. Dan Patrick of Houston. In the GOP attorney general race, state Sen. Ken Paxton prevailed over state Rep. Dan Branch.
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The Brief: May 28, 2014
The Tea Party demonstrated forcefully its predominant position in Texas GOP politics on a runoff election night that also closed the curtain on a couple of long political careers.
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TribTalk: Runoff Candidates Make Their Cases to Texas Voters
Leading up to today’s primary runoff, the candidates in statewide races made their best case for why they should be their party’s nominee in November — columns we published on TribTalk. Here they are, in their own words.
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Video: AG Candidates Battle on the Airwaves
The candidates in the Republican primary runoff for Texas attorney general traded sharp on-air jabs, spending more than $2 million combined to advertise in the state’s largest TV markets. Take a look back at the ads they aired.
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The Brief: May 27, 2014
Will Texas buck the larger national trend in Republican politics and go in deeper with support of Tea Party candidates and causes?
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Inside Texas Politics: Debating Debates
On this week’s edition of WFAA-TV’s Inside Texas Politics, I talked with host Jason Whitely and the Fort Worth Star-Telegram’s Bud Kennedy about UT System Regent Wallace Hall, various races in Tuesday’s runoffs and more.
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Conservative Candidates Ride Out Hard Hits
In three statewide Republican runoff races, candidates who have aligned themselves to the right of their opponents are poised to capture the party’s nomination despite fielding significant blows from their opponents, including forays into mental health records from three decades ago and a potentially disqualifying violation of state securities law.
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The Brief: May 23, 2014
Confirmation came down from the White House on Thursday night that San Antonio Mayor Julián Castro will be announced on Friday as President Obama’s choice to be the next secretary of housing and urban development.
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Paxton, Branch Attorney General Brawl Gets Pricey
In the Republican race for attorney general, state Sen. Ken Paxton is spending hundreds of thousands of dollars to tell voters his opponent, state Rep. Dan Branch, is too liberal. Branch is buying airtime to question Paxton’s ethics.
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The Brief: May 21, 2014
David Dewhurst and Dan Patrick, the Republican candidates for lieutenant governor, gave one last surprise in their final debate before the May 27 primary runoff election — a largely civil debate that avoided mention of the personal attacks that have come to dominate the last few weeks.