<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine - texas-senate</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/texas-senate</link><description>Newsvine - texas-senate</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Wed, 7 Nov 2012 02:32:59 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 18:00:46 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Tea party-backed Cruz wins Texas Senate seat</title>
<description><![CDATA[Tea-Party-backed Republican Ted Cruz has won the Texas Senate seat, making him the third Hispanic member of the Senate.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/06/14978588-tea-party-backed-cruz-wins-texas-senate-seat</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/06/14978588-tea-party-backed-cruz-wins-texas-senate-seat</guid><category>us</category><category>senate</category><category>politics</category><category>update</category><category>texas-senate</category><category>930pm</category><category>tea-party-backed-republican-ted-cruz</category><pubDate>Wed, 7 Nov 2012 02:32:45 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Ted Cruz wins Republican runoff for Texas Senate seat - The Washington Post</title>
<description><![CDATA[
Former state solicitor general Ted Cruz, a tea party-aligned conservative once regarded as a long-shot candidate, has won the Republican runoff in Texas, where he will be the GOP nominee for the U.S. Senate in the November election. The Associated Press has called the race for &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[JayTee-3231157]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[JayTee-3231157]]></source><link>http://jaytee3231157.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/31/13059376-ted-cruz-wins-republican-runoff-for-texas-senate-seat-the-washington-post</link><guid>http://jaytee3231157.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/31/13059376-ted-cruz-wins-republican-runoff-for-texas-senate-seat-the-washington-post</guid><category>politics</category><category>cruz</category><category>texas-senate</category><pubDate>Wed, 1 Aug 2012 03:00:17 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Texas' Cruz goes from longshot to easy victory</title>
<description><![CDATA[Ted Cruz is fond of saying that when he began his run for U.S. Senate, he was at 2 percent in the polls against Texas Republican juggernaut David Dewhurst, the state's lieutenant governor for nearly a decade.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Will Weissert]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Will Weissert]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/25/12955417-texas-cruz-goes-from-longshot-to-easy-victory</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/25/12955417-texas-cruz-goes-from-longshot-to-easy-victory</guid><category>us</category><category>texas</category><category>senate</category><category>race</category><category>politics</category><category>texas-republican</category><category>us-news</category><category>lone-star-state</category><category>david-dewhurst</category><category>kay-bailey-hutchison</category><category>texas-senate</category><category>ted-cruz</category><pubDate>Thu, 26 Jul 2012 00:58:59 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=271cac61-6344-4110-b9c6-2c6bfd67e793.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=271cac61-6344-4110-b9c6-2c6bfd67e793.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Republican U.S. Senate candidate,Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst, debates former state Solicitor General Ted Cruz, not shown, at the King Street Patriots event hall, Monday, July 23, 2012, in Houston. The two Republican candidates for the U.S. Senate have repeatedly torn into each other during the third debate as early voting began across Texas. (AP Photo/Houston Chronicle, Michael Paulsen)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=9380a7ad-874a-4b73-87bb-34a4b78335c6.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=9380a7ad-874a-4b73-87bb-34a4b78335c6.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Republican candidates for the U.S. Senate, former state Solicitor General Ted Cruz, left, and Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst debate each other at the King Street Patriots event hall, Monday, July 23, 2012, in Houston. Dewhurst and Cruz lobbed barbs Monday night at the debate in Houston sponsored by the tea party organization. (AP Photo/Houston Chronicle, Michael Paulsen) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=245fbc71-7115-4e24-a285-7e318cbd3de5.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=245fbc71-7115-4e24-a285-7e318cbd3de5.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Republican candidates for the U.S. Senate, former state Solicitor General Ted Cruz, left, and Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst debate each other at the King Street Patriots event hall, Monday, July 23, 2012, in Houston. Dewhurst and Cruz lobbed barbs Monday night at the debate in Houston sponsored by the tea party organization. (AP Photo/Houston Chronicle, Michael Paulsen) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ed2f25f5-7472-4653-b31f-d1f6a6025c38.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="376" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ed2f25f5-7472-4653-b31f-d1f6a6025c38.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="113" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this June 22, 2012 file photo, Texas Senate Candidates Ted Cruz, left, and Texas Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst , right, are seen after their televised debate in Dallas, Texas. Democrats have their thumbs heavily on Republican scales in Senate primaries in Missouri and Wisconsin this summer, hoping to tip the balance and improve their own chances of maintaining a majority in November.  The idea isn't as far-fetched as it might sound. ( AP Photo/Pool/LM Otero, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bb45e3c2-4a07-4ed1-8553-ea8135122c38.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="249" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bb45e3c2-4a07-4ed1-8553-ea8135122c38.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="75" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Former Texas Solicitor General Ted Cruz, center, is surrounded by supporters and media at a voting precinct Tuesday, July 31, 2012, in Houston. Cruz faces Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst in the Republican primary runoff election for the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=408193d7-1706-4c53-9fbc-222f2e46bf2d.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="254" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=408193d7-1706-4c53-9fbc-222f2e46bf2d.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="77" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Former Texas Solicitor General Ted Cruz, center, greets supporters at a voting precinct Tuesday, July 31, 2012, in Houston. Cruz faces Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst in the Republican primary runoff election for the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a6291672-17fd-4ea1-912c-75ad834d0b7a.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="298" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a6291672-17fd-4ea1-912c-75ad834d0b7a.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Texas Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst is backed by supporters outside a Houston deli as he answers reporters questions Tuesday, July 31, 2012. Dewhurst faces former Texas Solicitor General Ted Cruz in the Republican primary runoff election for U.S. Senator. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=275c1742-2156-4ef6-a659-72ac593186d5.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="265" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=275c1742-2156-4ef6-a659-72ac593186d5.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Former Texas Solicitor General Ted Cruz, center, greets supporters at a voting precinct Tuesday, July 31, 2012, in Houston. Cruz faces Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst in the Republican primary runoff election for the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=97607c2f-909d-4cd8-9214-bdfb79e283ee.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="324" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=97607c2f-909d-4cd8-9214-bdfb79e283ee.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="98" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst, right, fist bumps Jason Carter at a deli Tuesday, July 31, 2012, in Houston. Dewhurst faces former Texas Solicitor General Ted Cruz in the Republican primary runoff election for U.S. Senator. Carter had jokingly handed Dewhurst his lunch tab and Dewhurst quickly gave it back. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=6824b39d-3872-4c50-a4b4-b606d16ed936.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="304" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=6824b39d-3872-4c50-a4b4-b606d16ed936.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="91" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Texas Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst greets supporters outside a Houston deli Tuesday, July 31, 2012. Dewhurst faces former Texas Solicitor General Ted Cruz in the Republican primary runoff election for U.S. Senator. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a0aa7c46-5a91-4d33-a2e1-d8d9c5d0fcf1.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="295" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a0aa7c46-5a91-4d33-a2e1-d8d9c5d0fcf1.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="89" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Former Texas Solicitor General Ted Cruz, center, is surrounded by supporters and media at a voting precinct Tuesday, July 31, 2012, in Houston. Cruz faces Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst in the Republican primary runoff election for the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cf1343ae-5fde-4ad1-b143-e26de80799e4.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="254" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cf1343ae-5fde-4ad1-b143-e26de80799e4.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="77" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Former Texas Solicitor General Ted Cruz, center, greets supporters at a voting precinct Tuesday, July 31, 2012, in Houston. Cruz faces Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst in the Republican primary runoff election for the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=0a7e7dda-4496-43b5-8bca-ec4c1a77f369.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=0a7e7dda-4496-43b5-8bca-ec4c1a77f369.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;U.S. Senator candidate Ted Cruz, left, and his general consultant Jason Johnson look at early returns in his war room at the JW Marriott in the Galleria during his runoff election against rival Republican Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst for the U.S. Senate seat vacated by Kay Bailey Hutchison Tuesday, July 31, 2012, in Houston. (AP Photo/Houston Chronicle, Johnny Hanson)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e7adc00c-ce44-4583-8647-a4438cda7401.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="415" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e7adc00c-ce44-4583-8647-a4438cda7401.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="124" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;U.S. Senator candidate Ted Cruz, left, his wife Heidi, and his general consultant Jason Johnson react as they watched early returns in his war room at the JW Marriott in the Galleria during his runoff election against rival Republican Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst for the U.S. Senate seat vacated by Kay Bailey Hutchison Tuesday, July 31, 2012, in Houston. (AP Photo/Houston Chronicle, Johnny Hanson)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a981b85b-1bc4-4854-9b12-27aab8aa0075.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="272" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a981b85b-1bc4-4854-9b12-27aab8aa0075.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Former Texas Solicitor General Ted Cruz  answers questions from the media at a voting precinct Tuesday, July 31, 2012, in Houston. Cruz faces Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst in the Republican primary runoff election for the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=5665b63b-b1dc-4ea0-ae8f-80278471086b.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="501" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=5665b63b-b1dc-4ea0-ae8f-80278471086b.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="150" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Texas Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst is backed by supporters outside a Houston deli as he ponders a reporters' question Tuesday, July 31, 2012. Dewhurst faces former Texas Solicitor General Ted Cruz in the Republican primary runoff election for U.S. Senator. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=53d874e9-f5f6-4542-9cfb-9c2f0614da81.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="179" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=53d874e9-f5f6-4542-9cfb-9c2f0614da81.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="54" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;U.S. Senate candidate Ted Cruz speaks to a cheerful crowd after he defeated Republican rival, Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst in a runoff election for the GOP nomination for the U.S. Senate seat vacated by the retiring Kay Bailey Hutchison Tuesday, July 31, 2012, in Houston. (AP Photo/Houston Chronicle, Johnny Hanson) MANDATORY CREDIT&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=443bc69b-1b7d-4a8c-a532-abae9d6e6933.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="243" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=443bc69b-1b7d-4a8c-a532-abae9d6e6933.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="73" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Holding his daughter Caroline, U.S. Senate candidate Ted Cruz and and his wife, Heidi, holding their daughter, Catherine, appear before a cheerful crowd after Cruz defeated Republican rival, Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst in a runoff election  for the GOP nomination for the U.S. Senate seat vacated by Kay Bailey Hutchison Tuesday, July 31, 2012, in Houston.  (AP Photo/Houston Chronicle, Johnny Hanson) MANDATORY CREDIT&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=9b7a47e4-dc19-4ece-afa5-a5da0422bfcc.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="286" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=9b7a47e4-dc19-4ece-afa5-a5da0422bfcc.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="86" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;U.S. Senate candidate Ted Cruz thanks his wife, Heidi, in front of a cheerful crowd after he defeated Republican rival, Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst, in a runoff election for GOP nomination for the U.S. Senate seat vacated by the retiring Kay Bailey Hutchison, Tuesday, July 31, 2012, in Houston. (AP Photo/Houston Chronicle, Johnny Hanson) MANDATORY CREDIT&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Senate runoff in Texas: K Street vs. the #TeaParty</title>
<description><![CDATA[You know things have changed when a Texas Republican attacks his  primary opponent for being cozy with lobbyists and big-business donors. The primary runoff for Texas&rsquo;s open U.S. Senate seat has become  another battle along the GOP&rsquo;s major fault line: the Tea Party vs&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Common.Cents]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Common.Cents]]></source><link>http://commoncentsusa.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/16/12760048-senate-runoff-in-texas-k-street-vs-the-teaparty</link><guid>http://commoncentsusa.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/16/12760048-senate-runoff-in-texas-k-street-vs-the-teaparty</guid><category>cruz</category><category>runoff</category><category>dewhurst</category><category>ruling-class</category><category>tea-party</category><category>david-dewhurst</category><category>texas-senate</category><category>ted-cruz</category><pubDate>Mon, 16 Jul 2012 05:57:18 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>US Senate Race: Can passion push Cruz to victory?</title>
<description><![CDATA[Ted Cruz has grown accustomed to having his campaign speech interrupted by whoops and hollering, shrieks of "Go Ted!" and even an "A-Men!" or two.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Will Weissert]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Will Weissert]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/10/12665097-us-senate-race-can-passion-push-cruz-to-victory</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/10/12665097-us-senate-race-can-passion-push-cruz-to-victory</guid><category>us</category><category>texas</category><category>senate</category><category>race</category><category>us-news</category><category>ivy-league</category><category>david-dewhurst</category><category>texas-senate</category><category>ted-cruz</category><pubDate>Tue, 10 Jul 2012 18:24:18 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=950f968c-7fd7-499a-b9fe-c3214c3dc18b.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=950f968c-7fd7-499a-b9fe-c3214c3dc18b.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this June 8, 2012 file photo, Texas Senate Candidate Ted Cruz arrives for a Texas Federation of Republican Woman luncheon during the Texas Republican Convention in Fort Worth, Texas. The tea party candidate for U.S. Senate has come a long way since he kicked off his campaign more than a year ago with seemingly no chance of competing against the mainstream GOP front-runner in the race, Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d05c4deb-0c86-450c-bb62-b58a61dbe20b.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="376" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d05c4deb-0c86-450c-bb62-b58a61dbe20b.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="113" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this June 22, 2012 file photo, Texas Senate Candidates Ted Cruz, left, and Texas Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst , right, are seen after their televised debate in Dallas, Texas. Cruz, the tea party candidate for U.S. Senate has come a long way since he kicked off his campaign more than a year ago with seemingly no chance of competing against the mainstream GOP front-runner in the race, Dewhurst.( AP Photo/Pool/LM Otero, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Democrat drops out of race for Texas Senate seat</title>
<description><![CDATA[Retired Lt. Gen. Ric Sanchez, the sole major Democratic candidate in the race to replace Republican U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, said Friday he is dropping out of the Texas race because of "pressing personal challenges" and a lack of funds.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris Tomlinson]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Chris Tomlinson]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/16/9502857-democrat-drops-out-of-race-for-texas-senate-seat</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/16/9502857-democrat-drops-out-of-race-for-texas-senate-seat</guid><category>us</category><category>texas</category><category>senate</category><category>sanchez</category><category>us-news</category><category>kay-bailey-hutchison</category><category>texas-senate</category><pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 23:53:39 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Right-Wing Religious Corruption And The Christian Dominionist Perry Agenda  - The Daily Beast</title>
<description><![CDATA[During the last weeks of his 1998 race for Texas lieutenant governor,&nbsp;Rick Perry&nbsp;was tied with Democrat John Sharp, and many expected him to lose.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[geezing]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[geezing]]></source><link>http://geezing.newsvine.com/_news/2011/09/07/7648754-right-wing-religious-corruption-and-the-christian-dominionist-perry-agenda-the-daily-beast</link><guid>http://geezing.newsvine.com/_news/2011/09/07/7648754-right-wing-religious-corruption-and-the-christian-dominionist-perry-agenda-the-daily-beast</guid><category>church</category><category>election</category><category>social</category><category>politics</category><category>president</category><category>perry</category><category>dallas-morning-news</category><category>liberal</category><category>obama</category><category>republican</category><category>christian</category><category>theocracy</category><category>bachmann</category><category>don-mcleroy</category><category>texas-senate</category><category>kinetic-concepts</category><category>jim-cole</category><category>cemocrat</category><category>debatelos-angeles-times</category><category>jack-plunkett</category><category>bill-ratliff</category><category>as-wayne-slater</category><category>diane-rath</category><pubDate>Wed, 7 Sep 2011 14:16:49 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=geezingD3FD5882-B522-12B3-604A-5021B175342B.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="133" width="200" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=geezingD3FD5882-B522-12B3-604A-5021B175342B.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Anti-groping bill dies, leadership slammed, a memorable House sine die </title>
<description><![CDATA[After the anti-groping bill failed to get enough support to suspend rules for final House, its tea-party-backed sponsor lambasted the GOP leadership, prompting applause and shouts from a small contingent in the gallery.
&nbsp;Rep.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[randytexas]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[randytexas]]></source><link>http://randyjlb10.newsvine.com/_news/2011/06/30/6980021-anti-groping-bill-dies-leadership-slammed-a-memorable-house-sine-die</link><guid>http://randyjlb10.newsvine.com/_news/2011/06/30/6980021-anti-groping-bill-dies-leadership-slammed-a-memorable-house-sine-die</guid><category>politics</category><category>chron-com</category><category>texas-senate</category><category>blogs-after</category><category>peggy-fika</category><pubDate>Thu, 30 Jun 2011 09:54:43 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>House stands by using Rainy Day cash for public education </title>
<description><![CDATA[The Texas House today stood by an amendment allowing the use of $2.3 billion from the Rainy Day Fund &mdash; contingent upon its growth by at least that amount this budget cycle &mdash; to fund enrollment increases, despite attempts by conservatives to strip it from a school fina&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[randytexas]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[randytexas]]></source><link>http://randyjlb10.newsvine.com/_news/2011/06/11/6835569-house-stands-by-using-rainy-day-cash-for-public-education</link><guid>http://randyjlb10.newsvine.com/_news/2011/06/11/6835569-house-stands-by-using-rainy-day-cash-for-public-education</guid><category>politics</category><category>texas-house</category><category>chron-com</category><category>rainy-day-fund</category><category>texas-senate</category><pubDate>Sat, 11 Jun 2011 14:09:49 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Texas teachers face tough math lessons </title>
<description><![CDATA[Colbert and others contend the Legislature's action will not sit well with voters next year. Lawmakers are meeting in a special session that Gov.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[randytexas]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[randytexas]]></source><link>http://randyjlb10.newsvine.com/_news/2011/06/07/6802881-texas-teachers-face-tough-math-lessons</link><guid>http://randyjlb10.newsvine.com/_news/2011/06/07/6802881-texas-teachers-face-tough-math-lessons</guid><category>politics</category><category>senate-republicans</category><category>rick-perry</category><category>chron-com</category><category>texas-senate</category><category>gary-scharrer</category><pubDate>Tue, 7 Jun 2011 10:27:58 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Texas law would ban publication of photos of police officers</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Texas Senate approved legislation Tuesday banning the release of police officers' photos in most cases, a bill open government advocates opposed.

House Bill 2006, by Rep. Dennis Bonnen, R-Angleton, next heads to Gov. Rick Perry.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Twaddle]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Twaddle]]></source><link>http://twaddle.newsvine.com/_news/2011/05/25/6712867-texas-law-would-ban-publication-of-photos-of-police-officers</link><guid>http://twaddle.newsvine.com/_news/2011/05/25/6712867-texas-law-would-ban-publication-of-photos-of-police-officers</guid><category>texas</category><category>us-news</category><category>houston-police-department</category><category>texas-senate</category><pubDate>Wed, 25 May 2011 06:45:02 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Texas Senate revives immigration enforcement bill</title>
<description><![CDATA[Texas state senators have revived a bill that would allow police to question people they detain about their citizenship status.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/05/18/6670949-texas-senate-revives-immigration-enforcement-bill</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/05/18/6670949-texas-senate-revives-immigration-enforcement-bill</guid><category>us</category><category>texas</category><category>immigration</category><category>us-news</category><category>enforcement</category><category>immigration-enforcement</category><category>texas-senate</category><pubDate>Thu, 19 May 2011 00:35:06 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Texas guns on campus bill hits roadblock</title>
<description><![CDATA[Legislation to allow people with concealed handgun licenses to carry guns into college classrooms in Texas has hit a roadblock.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/05/18/6667726-texas-guns-on-campus-bill-hits-roadblock</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/05/18/6667726-texas-guns-on-campus-bill-hits-roadblock</guid><category>us</category><category>on</category><category>politics</category><category>campus</category><category>guns</category><category>virginia-tech</category><category>associated-press</category><category>us-news</category><category>guns-on-campus</category><category>texas-senate</category><pubDate>Wed, 18 May 2011 14:54:49 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Republicans in Texas Senate approve guns on campus</title>
<description><![CDATA[Republicans in the Texas Senate on Monday approved allowing concealed handgun license holders to carry weapons into public college buildings and classrooms, moving forward on a measure that had stalled until supporters tacked it on to a universities spending bill.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jim Vertuno]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Jim Vertuno]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/05/09/6613781-republicans-in-texas-senate-approve-guns-on-campus</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/05/09/6613781-republicans-in-texas-senate-approve-guns-on-campus</guid><category>us</category><category>on</category><category>politics</category><category>campus</category><category>guns</category><category>us-news</category><category>on-campus</category><category>guns-on-campus</category><category>texas-senate</category><pubDate>Mon, 9 May 2011 21:31:51 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Correction: Guns on Campus story</title>
<description><![CDATA[In an April 12 story about delays to a Texas Senate bill that would allow concealed handgun license holders to carry weapons into college classrooms, The Associated Press erroneously reported that the University of Texas-Brownsville asked to be exempt because it has a grade school on campus. The school that asked for the exemption is Texas A&M University-Kingsville.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/04/12/6455166-correction-guns-on-campus-story</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/04/12/6455166-correction-guns-on-campus-story</guid><category>us</category><category>on</category><category>campus</category><category>guns</category><category>associated-press</category><category>us-news</category><category>texas-am</category><category>rick-perry</category><category>on-campus</category><category>guns-on-campus</category><category>texas-senate</category><pubDate>Tue, 12 Apr 2011 05:00:36 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Texas forensic chairman to stay for arson ruling</title>
<description><![CDATA[A Republican leader in the Texas Senate is stalling a vote that would oust the head of the state Forensic Science Commission so the controversial chairman can stay in place to rule on a case questioning whether a man was executed based on faulty arson evidence.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jim Vertuno]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Jim Vertuno]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/04/06/6420494-texas-forensic-chairman-to-stay-for-arson-ruling</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/04/06/6420494-texas-forensic-chairman-to-stay-for-arson-ruling</guid><category>us</category><category>texas</category><category>execution</category><category>us-news</category><category>arson</category><category>texas-senate</category><category>forensic-science-commission</category><pubDate>Wed, 6 Apr 2011 20:03:50 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Texas Senate panel to consider abortion law requiring women to view sonograms</title>
<description><![CDATA[A Texas Senate committee will begin considering an anti-abortion measure this week that, if passed, would be one of the strongest in the nation. The bill mandates that pregnant women be shown an ultrasound of the fetus at least two hours before an abortion.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Killfile]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Killfile]]></source><link>http://killfile.newsvine.com/_news/2011/02/08/6010109-texas-senate-panel-to-consider-abortion-law-requiring-women-to-view-sonograms</link><guid>http://killfile.newsvine.com/_news/2011/02/08/6010109-texas-senate-panel-to-consider-abortion-law-requiring-women-to-view-sonograms</guid><category>senate</category><category>abortion</category><category>politics</category><category>gop</category><category>republican</category><category>rick-perry</category><category>pro-life</category><category>pro-choice</category><category>parenthood</category><category>sonogram</category><category>dan-patrick</category><category>guttmacher-institute</category><category>supreme-courts</category><category>texas-senate</category><category>texas-alliance</category><category>sarah-wheat</category><pubDate>Tue, 8 Feb 2011 12:43:26 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Texas Senate passes bill to keep agencies running</title>
<description><![CDATA[In special session, the Texas Senate has passed a bill to keep key state agencies running &#8212; a matter shoved aside during partisan bickering in the regular session.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/07/01/2988981-texas-senate-passes-bill-to-keep-agencies-running</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/07/01/2988981-texas-senate-passes-bill-to-keep-agencies-running</guid><category>us</category><category>texas</category><category>special-session</category><category>session</category><category>us-news</category><category>texas-senate</category><category>xgr</category><pubDate>Wed, 1 Jul 2009 22:29:22 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Texas Senate Approves Bill Allowing Concealed Weapons on College and University Campuses</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Senate gave preliminary approval Tuesday to legislation that would allow concealed handguns at colleges and universities, but with less than two weeks left in the 2009 Legislature, the bill's ultimate outcome is uncertain.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Killfile]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Killfile]]></source><link>http://killfile.newsvine.com/_news/2009/05/20/2842651-texas-senate-approves-bill-allowing-concealed-weapons-on-college-and-university-campuses</link><guid>http://killfile.newsvine.com/_news/2009/05/20/2842651-texas-senate-approves-bill-allowing-concealed-weapons-on-college-and-university-campuses</guid><category>texas</category><category>politics</category><category>guns</category><category>gun-control</category><category>handguns</category><category>gun-rights</category><category>concealed-carry</category><category>texas-senate</category><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2009 17:15:29 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Texas legislator files bill to remove curriculum authority from state board of education</title>
<description><![CDATA[State Sen. Rodney Ellis, D-Houston, has just filed legislation that would strip the Texas State Board of Education of all authority assigned to it by statute. Among the board's powers that would go away: the power to set curriculum standards and adopt textbooks.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[spiffie]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[spiffie]]></source><link>http://spiffie.newsvine.com/_news/2009/01/09/2294690-texas-legislator-files-bill-to-remove-curriculum-authority-from-state-board-of-education</link><guid>http://spiffie.newsvine.com/_news/2009/01/09/2294690-texas-legislator-files-bill-to-remove-curriculum-authority-from-state-board-of-education</guid><category>texas</category><category>evolution</category><category>politics</category><category>intelligent-design</category><category>tea</category><category>creationism</category><category>board-of-education</category><category>don-mcleroy</category><category>texas-education-agency</category><category>texas-senate</category><category>sboe</category><category>cynthia-dunbar</category><category>rodney-ellis</category><pubDate>Sat, 10 Jan 2009 03:35:45 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item></channel></rss>