http://www.newsvine.com/texas-senateNewsvine - texas-senateen-usCopyright 2013Wed, 7 Nov 2012 02:32:59 +0000Sat, 25 May 2013 05:37:37 +0000http://www.newsvine.comhttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/06/14978588-tea-party-backed-cruz-wins-texas-senate-seathttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/06/14978588-tea-party-backed-cruz-wins-texas-senate-seatussenatepoliticsupdatetexas-senate930pmtea-party-backed-republican-ted-cruzWed, 7 Nov 2012 02:32:45 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/25/12955417-texas-cruz-goes-from-longshot-to-easy-victoryhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/25/12955417-texas-cruz-goes-from-longshot-to-easy-victoryustexassenateracepoliticstexas-republicanus-newslone-star-statedavid-dewhurstkay-bailey-hutchisontexas-senateted-cruzThu, 26 Jul 2012 00:58:59 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>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)</p><p>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) </p><p>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) </p><p>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)</p><p>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)</p><p>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)</p><p>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)</p><p>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)</p><p>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)</p><p>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)</p><p>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)</p><p>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)</p><p>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)</p><p>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)</p><p>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)</p><p>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)</p><p>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</p><p>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</p><p>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</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/10/12665097-us-senate-race-can-passion-push-cruz-to-victoryhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/10/12665097-us-senate-race-can-passion-push-cruz-to-victoryustexassenateraceus-newsivy-leaguedavid-dewhursttexas-senateted-cruzTue, 10 Jul 2012 18:24:18 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>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)</p><p>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. 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