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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Video: A War of Words in the Runoff for Lt. Gov.
No subject was off limits in the Republican primary runoff for Texas lieutenant governor. State Sen. Dan Patrick, R-Houston, and Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst exchanged heated attacks.
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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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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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The Brief: May 26, 2014
The conversation over the weekend before the party primary runoff elections was dominated by — what else? — the GOP race for lieutenant governor.
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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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Video: Patrick, Dewhurst Mostly Cordial in Final Debate
In their last matchup before the primary runoff, Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst and the man running to replace him, state Sen. Dan Patrick, R-Houston, steered clear of the rancor that has erupted in the race recently. Watch the full debate here.
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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.