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3:26 PM, May 25, 2012 • By MICHAEL WARRENThe Republican Senate primary in Texas has long been a battle between establishment favorite and lieutenant governor, David Dewhurst, and the conservative challenger, former solicitor general Ted Cruz. But Dewhurst, who has lead in the most recent polls ahead of the May 29 primary, has launched a last-minute ad campaign against former Dallas mayor Tom Leppert, who himself is running at a distant third. Watch the ad below, which tells voters that Leppert "might be running as a Republican, but he governs like a Democrat."
The Dewhurst campaign also recently launched a website targeting Leppert for his liberal streak. The goal appears to be to suppress the Leppert vote on Tuesday and give Dewhurst a larger percentage of the vote. If he reaches above 50 percent, he can avoid a runoff election in July, where Cruz is believed to have an edge. If the latest PPP poll--showing Dewhurst with 46 percent support to Cruz's 29 percent and Leppert's 15 percent--is accurate, Dewhurst might be able to pull it off.
But is Dewhurst surging?6:05 PM, May 24, 2012 • By MICHAEL WARRENWith just days until the May 29 Texas Republican primary for U.S. Senate, former state solicitor general Ted Cruz is focused on one thing: denying his opponent, Lieutenant Governor David Dewhurst, the 50 percent share of the vote needed to win the GOP nomination outright. "Politically, the only thing that matters is, does this race go to a runoff?," Cruz says in an interview with THE WEEKLY STANDARD.
Read more... 12:21 AM, May 23, 2012 • By MICHAEL WARRENWar veteran Tom Cotton has won the Republican primary for Congress in Arkansas's Fourth District, the Associated Press projects. With 63 percent of precincts reporting, Cotton leads with 56 percent, while his primary opponent, Beth Anne Rankin, trails with 38 percent.
Read more... 3:14 PM, May 22, 2012 • By MICHAEL WARRENTed Cruz, the Republican candidate for Senate in Texas, has a new ad out highlighting the former state solicitor general as a "fighter." The ad focuses on Cruz's Cuban immigrant family. "Tortured and imprisoned by a Cuban dictator, Ted Cruz's father fought back, escaping to America," the voiceover says. "Ted Cruz: A proven fighter for liberty because his family knows what it means to lose it."
The ad closes with a snippet from a recent robocall made by Sarah Palin on behalf of Cruz. Watch the ad below:
Read more... 10:22 AM, May 21, 2012 • By MICHAEL WARRENThe Republican primary for U.S. Senate in Texas is now within nine points, according to a new poll. A University of Texas/Texas Tribune poll shows Lieutenant Governor David Dewhurst with 40 percent, while his challenger, former state solicitor general Ted Cruz, is at 31 percent. Former Dallas mayor Tom Leppert is in third at 17 percent.
Read more... 5:46 PM, May 18, 2012 • By MICHAEL WARRENSt. Cloud, Minn.
Kurt Bills, a high school economics teacher and state representative, is the enodrsed Republican for U.S. Senate in Minnesota. Bills won 64 percent of the delegates on the second ballot at the state convention Friday afternoon.
Read more... 4:18 PM, May 18, 2012 • By MICHAEL WARRENSt. Cloud, Minn.
State representative Kurt Bills earned 53 percent of the vote of the delegates at the Minnesota Republican party convention on the first ballot.
Read more... But Hegseth still has an uphill battle.1:46 PM, May 18, 2012 • By MICHAEL WARRENSt. Cloud, Minn.
As they have been at state conventions throughout the country, Ron Paul supporters are out in full force here at the Minnesota Republican party convention this weekend. But one might hardly know that from being on the convention floor. The only sight of Paul’s name here is on a brochure sticking out of a lone delegate’s pocket and two small “Ron Paul 2012” posters hanging haphazardly on the right-side wall.
Read more... 10:22 AM, May 18, 2012 • By MICHAEL WARRENSt. Cloud, Minn.
Regardless of Ron Paul's recent decision not to contest upcoming primaries, his followers in Minnesota within the GOP will be here at the state Republican convention this weekend, hoping to claim their first substantial victory of the election cycle in the GOP primary for U.S. Senate.
Read more... 4:00 PM, May 17, 2012 • By MICHAEL WARRENOn Tuesday night, Nebraska state senator Deb Fischer unexpectedly won the Republican primary over a better-funded establishment favorite, attorney general Jon Bruning. Folks curious to know just who Fischer is might want to watch a few her debates with her Republican primary opponents—many are available on YouTube. Fischer’s performances reveal a serious conservative, with populist tendencies.
Read more... 3:54 PM, May 16, 2012 • By MICHAEL WARRENMitt Romney has endorsed Florida congressman Connie Mack for Senate, according to a campaign statement.
Read more... 1:01 PM, May 15, 2012 • By MICHAEL WARRENRepublican House candidate Tom Cotton has signed a pledge to repeal Obamacare--but his primary opponent, Beth Anne Rankin, has not.
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