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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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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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.
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Demographics
Immigration Emerges as Flashpoint in Senate Race
Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst opposes the DREAM Act, and former Texas Solicitor General Ted Cruz doesn’t support amnesty. Yet after the back-and-forth between the rival U.S. Senate campaigns, some voters could be left wondering.
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Guides
Texplainer: Who is Funding the Dewhurst and Cruz Campaigns?
Is Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst drawing more donations from Texas voters than former Texas Solicitor General Ted Cruz? Which campaign is dominated by money from out-of-state groups? Neither answer is clear-cut.
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Dewhurst Calls Cruz “D.C. PAC Man” in New Web Ad
In its first attack video of the runoff, Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst’s campaign for U.S. Senate has reached back to a 1980s-era arcade classic for inspiration.
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Cruz, Dewhurst Both Claim “Fighter” Mantle in Hill Country
Speaking to Republicans in the Hill Country, both Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst and former Texas Solicitor General Ted Cruz on Friday repeatedly described themselves as the true “fighter” in the Republican runoff for U.S. Senate.
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Cruz Camp Says Dewhurst Stonewalling on Debates
David Dewhurst says he’s open to any debate with Ted Cruz in which the organizer has the means to broadcast the event on television. Cruz’s campaign says Dewhurst is being disingenuous in saying he’s open to more debates.
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For Veteran at Center of Debate, Politics Isn’t New
Dan Moran, an Iraq war veteran, has been thrust into the center of a debate over his appearance in a video for Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst. But this isn’t Moran’s first foray into Texas politics.
