Cruz Victory Shows Tea Party Staying Power
Ted Cruz's victory in the Texas runoff election on Tuesday will provide an important boost for Tea Party backed, no compromise conservatives in Congress.
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Ted Cruz's victory in the Texas runoff election on Tuesday will provide an important boost for Tea Party backed, no compromise conservatives in Congress.
Tea Party darling Ted Cruz is making national headlines, one day after he defeated Lt. Governor David Dewhurst for the GOP Senate nomination.
Runoff elections across Texas on Tuesday resulted in at least one important upset. Political analyst John Weekley offers his insight on the major race results.
This is a huge political upset that is sending shockwaves through the Republican establishment here in Texas and all the way to Washington.
Ted Cruz's campaign headquarters is packed with supporters. The mood is upbeat here tonight.
Voter turnout appears mixed at several polling stations across Texas on primary runoff election day.
Tuesday is Election Day across Texas. Voters will head to the polls to decide several runoff races, and at least one major upset could be brewing.
The Republican run-off for the soon to be vacated U.S. Senate seat in Texas has become a fight between the state's Republican political establishment and the Republican grassroots.
Late Monday afternoon, Lieutenant Governor David Dewhurst and Governor Rick Perry called potential supporters to vote in Tuesday's Republican run-off for U-S Senate seat.
Texas voters will select party nominees in 37 runoff elections on Tuesday, and political junkies will be watching the polls closely for clues to the state's future.
Gov. Rick Perry is campaigning with Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst on the eve of Tuesday's much-watched Texas runoff election for the Republican U.S. Senate nomination.
U.S. Senate hopefuls Ted Cruz and David Dewhurst are crisscrossing the state three days before a runoff election for the Republican nomination.
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Republican U.S. Senate candidate Ted Cruz spoke Friday morning in Dallas, flanked by local tea party leaders and three U.S. senators known for their tea party support.
Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst is leaning on his party's 'old guard' as he tries to secure a U.S. Senate nomination, hoping to regain the air of inevitability he once enjoyed in the race.
Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst said Wednesday that he never felt the need to woo key tea party leaders nationwide. In his words, "I've been focused on Texans."
Tea party superstars from across the country are converging on Texas in hopes of helping grassroots darling and U.S. Senate hopeful Ted Cruz pull off an upset that had long seemed unthinkable against the mainstream Republican choice Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst.
The two Republican candidates for the U.S. Senate repeatedly ripped into each other during a third debate as early voting began across Texas.
Texas is in political overtime, and the stakes are high. Early voting started Monday across the state for runoff races from the May primary.
The two Republican candidates for the U.S. Senate are expected to debate one last time on Monday night in Houston, as early voting starts across the state.
Early voting for the Texas primary runoffs begins Monday. Well-funded candidates will blitz the airwaves with ads and local politicians will be going door-to-door and working the phones to bring out the vote.
An hourlong debate between the remaining Republican candidates for U.S. Senate was overshadowed Tuesday night by the announcement that came afterward.
The Republicans vying to fill an open U.S. Senate seat are meeting for a second debate in Dallas as their bitterly contested race enters its final two weeks.
For the first time, an independent poll shows tea party favorite Ted Cruz has taken the lead over Lieutenant Governor David Dewhurst in the Republican primary runoff for the U.S. Senate seat in Texas.
Conservative activist group Club for Growth has bought $1.5 million in television and radio ads attacking Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst in his bid for the Senate.
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