In what was almost a reverse of the Republican Primary race, Tea Party candidate Ted Cruz defeated Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst for the Republican nominee for the U.S. Senate in Tuesday's runoff. Because it signals a potential national resurgence of the Tea Party, many political players were not only watching this race but pumping money into it, with well over $5 million provided by the Club for Growth, a conservative PAC focused mainly on Tea Party candidates. After he almost won the primary outright, Dewhurst’s numbers dropped throughout the runoff campaign. A PPP poll taken just before the race gave Cruz a 10-percent lead, and he ended up winning with an even greater margin at 57 percent to Dewhurst’s 43 percent.
Tea Party voters could also rejoice in another victory closer to home as Dr. Donna Campbell defeated Republican state Senator Jeff Wentworth in the runoff for District 25.
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