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FLORIDA: "A new Florida Opinion Research poll finds former Gov. Charlie Crist would trounce Rick Scott in Florida's 2014 gubernatorial race if Crist ran this time as a Democrat, 48% to 34%," Political Wire writes.

The hottest 10 advertising markets: Still fighting on GOP turf If you're looking to explain why the Obama-Romney race is close, look no further than the fundamentals Romney gets trumped by Trump on the day he mathematically clinches GOP nomination It'll be Dewhurst vs.

Texas Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst and tea-party backed former state Solicitor General Ted Cruz are heading to a runoff in the state's Republican primary for U.S. Senate.

Front-runner David Dewhurst and tea party darling Ted Cruz were headed for another round in the Republican U.S. Senate race after Dewhurst fell shy of a majority vote Tuesday night.

Ted Cruz, a candidate in the Republican primary for the Senate race in Texas, at the Tarrant County U.S. Senate Forum at Richland Hills United Methodist Church in Texas.

Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst today likened attorney Ted Cruz to President Barack Obama, tarring his opponent in Texas' Senate Republican primary as the Washington insiders' bought-and-paid-for candidate who is practicing the same negative attacks that Obama is using against presumptive GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney.

Update: Many legal experts agree that John Bradley is to blame for what proved to be a loss for the current Williamson County District Attorney.

It was a good night for incumbents in the long-awaited Texas primary, but we had one close local race and several candidates are headed for a runoff on July 31.

A massive wildfire burning in a mountainous southwestern New Mexico forest is close to becoming the largest fire in state history.

Texas Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst and tea-party backed former state Solicitor General Ted Cruz are heading to a runoff in the state's Republican primary for U.S. Senate.

Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst and tea-party backed former Texas Solicitor General Ted Cruz are heading to a runoff in the state's Republican primary for U.S. Senate.

Early voting numbers are in and it looks like the biggest potential upset may be in the race for Williamson County District Attorney.

Foundress and Co-President of the National Tequila Party Movement which is a female-led political movement that pushes for immigrant friendly policies and is a national Latino Get Out the Vote Effort motivating Latinos to vote for pro-immigrant politicians in 2012.

Trump is Still a Birther and Obama Won't Let Romne...: TV reality show host Donald Trump still insists Barack Obama was born in Kenya, making his fundraiser with Mitt Romney fertile ground for the Obama campaign to link the nutty Apprentice star to the Republican nominee.

This particular primary is running a little late. Normally primary elections are held in March, but the redistricting hearing slowed things down this year, landing both the state primary and municipal elections in May.

Nine candidates are squaring off for the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate seat that currently belongs to Kay Bailey Hutchison, who is retiring.

Today's GOP Senate primary in Texas has been described as a classic Tea Party versus establishment contest, but a better way to look at it is the hard-right versus very-hard right.

Here's a graphic, via Awful Announcing , of where things stand in the Texas Republican Senate primary, which takes place today: Besides the two main challengers to fill Kay Bailey Hutchison's seat so-called "establishment" Republican David Dewhurst and tea party favorite Ted Cruz - there is another notable name on the right.

In this July 1, 2009 file photo, Texas Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst talks to reporters in Austin, Texas.