/tags/2012-u-s-senate-race 2012 U.S. Senate Race en-US Copyright KUT News 2025 Fri, 09 Nov 2012 14:00:19 GMT /politics/2012-11-09/against-the-grain-texas-gop-dominated-on-election-day Democratic victories across the nation left Republican voters and activists with the political version of a hangover last week. In the alternate universe� Fri, 09 Nov 2012 14:00:19 GMT /politics/2012-11-09/against-the-grain-texas-gop-dominated-on-election-day Jay Root, Texas Tribune /politics/2012-11-06/cruz-easily-wins-u-s-senate-race Ted Cruz, a Harvard-educated lawyer and Tea Party icon, easily won the U.S. Senate race Tuesday night, becoming the first Hispanic from Texas to land the� Wed, 07 Nov 2012 03:19:31 GMT /politics/2012-11-06/cruz-easily-wins-u-s-senate-race Jay Root, Texas Tribune /politics/2012-11-06/central-texas-election-results Check back here for results from all the races in Central Texas, except local elections including city propositions and bonds, Central Health, and school� Wed, 07 Nov 2012 00:55:00 GMT /politics/2012-11-06/central-texas-election-results KUT Staff /politics/2012-11-06/the-battle-for-congress-senate-and-house-races-to-watch Republicans need a net gain of just three or four seats to take over the Senate and � assuming they keep the House � consolidate influence on Capitol Hill. Despite the favorable election arithmetic, Republicans are foundering in several key Senate races and face an uphill battle. Tue, 06 Nov 2012 12:01:00 GMT /politics/2012-11-06/the-battle-for-congress-senate-and-house-races-to-watch Carrie Johnson /austin/2012-11-01/the-lead-texas-womens-health-transpo-brawl-in-travis-co-dist-3-more-cities-prep-for-f1 Good morning and welcome to the month of November! Here's hoping you don’t look scarier this morning that you did last night. It’s going to be another� Thu, 01 Nov 2012 14:07:24 GMT /austin/2012-11-01/the-lead-texas-womens-health-transpo-brawl-in-travis-co-dist-3-more-cities-prep-for-f1 Hady Karl Mawajdeh /politics/2012-07-31/cruz-bests-dewhurst-in-republican-senate-runoff The Associated Press has called the U.S. Senate Republican runoff for former Texas Solicitor General Ted Cruz over Lieutenant Governor David Dewhurst.Cruz� Wed, 01 Aug 2012 01:45:59 GMT /politics/2012-07-31/cruz-bests-dewhurst-in-republican-senate-runoff Wells Dunbar, Texas Standard /politics/2012-07-31/runoffs-storyline-doesnt-begin-and-end-with-ideology The pundits have this one all wrong.Their persistent and ubiquitous storyline is that the Tea Party and the politicians who've embraced it are beating� Tue, 31 Jul 2012 17:00:00 GMT /politics/2012-07-31/runoffs-storyline-doesnt-begin-and-end-with-ideology Ross Ramsey | Texas Tribune /politics/2012-07-30/dewhurst-dismisses-unfavorable-poll-at-chick-fil-a Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst crossed the Chick-fil-A parking lot in Austin on Monday morning holding one of the fast food chain’s signature white paper bags.� Mon, 30 Jul 2012 20:21:31 GMT /politics/2012-07-30/dewhurst-dismisses-unfavorable-poll-at-chick-fil-a /politics/2012-07-19/cruz-dewhurst-set-to-spar-again Two debates weren’t enough.The Texas Tribune reports that the two candidates in the Republican runoff election for U.S. Senate � Lieutenant Governor David� Thu, 19 Jul 2012 21:14:50 GMT /politics/2012-07-19/cruz-dewhurst-set-to-spar-again Wells Dunbar, Texas Standard /austin/2012-07-17/second-debate-for-dewhurst-and-cruz-tonight Former Texas Solicitor General Ted Cruz and Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst will debate for the second time this evening as they head into the final push towards� Tue, 17 Jul 2012 17:21:48 GMT /austin/2012-07-17/second-debate-for-dewhurst-and-cruz-tonight Margaret Nicklas