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Cruz: TX values cure for nation's ills

Tue, 22 May 2012 22:06:23 GMT

U.S. Senate hopeful and tea party darling Ted Cruz has likened Texans' love of freedom and entrepreneurial spirit to "America on steroids."

Feds in crosshairs of Texas energy race

Tue, 22 May 2012 19:59:26 GMT

Almost all the candidates running for two seats on the three-member Texas Railroad Commission promise to fight federal environmental regulators they say are stifling the Texas energy sector.

Voting centers will now be permanent

Tue, 22 May 2012 15:52:31 GMT

Travis County Commissioners voted on making voting centers a permanent fixture during elections.

Poll: Runoff likely in US Senate race

Mon, 21 May 2012 15:48:42 GMT

Texas’ Republican primary for U.S. Senate is close — and could be headed for a July 31 runoff — with Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst holding a single-digit lead over former Solicitor General Ted Cruz, a new poll shows.

State Senate GOP primary gets nastier

Mon, 21 May 2012 15:03:32 GMT

The battle between longtime incumbent Jeff Wentworth and challenger Elizabeth Ames Jones is heavy on name-calling and mud-slinging.

Dewhurst gives his campaign $6 million

Fri, 18 May 2012 21:37:48 GMT

Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst has given his campaign for the U.S. Senate $6 million in the last six weeks, demonstrating the advantage of being a multi-millionaire politician.

Ron Paul to headline TX GOP convention

Fri, 18 May 2012 17:33:20 GMT

Though he has stepped away from actively campaigning, U.S. Rep. Ron Paul – the lone Texan left in the Republican race for the White House – will headline the state's GOP convention in Fort Worth this summer.

Libel suit filed in local Senate race

Thu, 17 May 2012 20:02:45 GMT

A bitter Republican fight for a Texas Senate seat took a new legal turn Thursday when incumbent Sen. Jeff Wentworth filed a libel lawsuit against opponent Elizabeth Ames Jones.

Dewhurst fires back at conservative PAC

Wed, 16 May 2012 18:17:27 GMT

Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst says the Club for Growth and other conservative organizations pouring money into the U.S. Senate race in Texas are spreading lies about him to manipulate the election results.

Dewhurst, Perry vote in GOP primary

Wed, 16 May 2012 17:29:20 GMT

Gov. Rick Perry and Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst arrived Wednesday to vote at the Howson Branch Library in West Austin to a small crowd of about 20 supporters lining the street and cheering as they walked up to greet them.