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10:28 AM, May 9, 2012 • By WILLIAM KRISTOL

Richard Mourdock’s big primary victory over incumbent senator Dick Lugar in Indiana suggests that the insurgent Tea Party conservatism of 2009-2010 is alive and well in the 2012 Republican party.

Cruz and state conservatives fight back.

11:31 AM, May 4, 2012 • By MICHAEL WARREN

Texas Senate candidate David Dewhurst has a harsh new radio ad criticizing his Republican primary opponent Ted Cruz for "helping a Chinese company get away with stealing blueprints from an American company." Listen to the ad below:

Rick Perry photo portrait, August 28, 2004

11:12 AM, Apr 19, 2012 • By MICHAEL WARREN

Texas governor Rick Perry has endorsed his lieutenant governor, David Dewhurst, in the latter's Republican primary for U.S. Senate.

The favored candidates strike back.

12:38 PM, Apr 17, 2012 • By MICHAEL WARREN

Republican Senate candidates in Texas, Indiana, and Connecticut are fighting back against primary opponents with new ads.

Incumbent senator Dick Lugar of Indiana, campaigning against Republican Richard Mourdock, has a new ad knocking his challenger as untrustworthy, and claiming the Indiana state treasurer received thousands in illegal tax deductions "for years." Watch the ad below: