It's Official: Dewhurst is running for US Senate

It's official, David Dewhurst is the 4th GOP candidate for U.S. Senate.

This is what he had to say:

Dear Friend,
I’m running for U.S. Senate because we need a proven conservative to fight Obama’s war on the Texas economy! Your commitment to conservative principles and grassroots activism has been invaluable to our state and our nation. That’s why I wanted you to be the very first to know of my decision to run for U.S. Senate, and why I am asking you to join me in this fight today.
Click Here to hear why I’m running!
Our nation has gotten off track. While our country is over $14 trillion in debt and 14 million Americans are out of work, Washington spends money we don’t have on programs we don’t need.
Instead of looking to Texas, the beacon of American job creation with the best business climate in the nation, President Barack Obama has targeted our state’s employers, taxpayers and families with his job-killing liberal agenda.
I’m asking for your vote and your support to take our country back.
My campaign will be straightforward, unapologetically conservative and as serious as the problems we’re currently facing.
I’m the only candidate in this race who is a successful businessman and a proven fiscal conservative. Working with Gov. Rick Perry to build the best business climate in America, we’ve proven time and again that Texas conservative values work.

Sincerely,
David


Looks like the senate race is heating up, let the games begin. 

Dewhurst to Announce Senate Race Candidacy

According to his press secretary, Texas Lt. Governor David Dewhurst is to announce his run for the U.S. Senate later this week. This will very much be a game changer in the current three way race between Ted Cruz, Tom Leppert, & Elizabeth Ames Jones because Dewhurst has millions of dollars to personally finance a race and by far has the highest name recognition of the candidates.

David Dewhurst has been Lt. Governor of the state of Texas for the past 8 years and has presided over the Senate for the last 5 legislative sessions. His help in the 2003 redistricting helped increase Republican US House seats from 15 to 21 and is probably to date one of his greatest contributions to the party. Before being elected to the position of Lt. Governor, Dewhurst served as Texas Land Commissioner for 4 years.

Before politics, David Dewhurst was a businessman, rancher, Air Force Officer, CIA Agent, and college basketball player. With a past like that, a large bankroll and outstanding abilities as an orator, all candidates facing off against this literal giant will have much difficulty winning the Republican Primary.

The U.S. Senate race be a huge test of the 'Tea Party's' influence on Texas politics. If a successful and wealthy moderate like Dewhurst can be defeated in the lone star state's primary, we may finally get a U.S. Senator with the guts to stand up against to the federal government and say enough spending. If Dewhurst succeeds, Texas will probably end up with another Senator similar to Kay Bailey Hutchinson, a moderate by actions and a conservative by words.

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Texas Senate Race: The Contenders

Officially, three candidates have announced their candidacy to replace Kay Bailey Hutchinson as Senator from the State of Texas:  Ted Cruz (former Solicitor General), Tom Leppert (former Mayor of Dallas), and Elizabeth Ames Jones (R.R. Commissioner). All three are highly qualified and are are well known in particular regions of Texas. However with David Dewhurst (Lt. Governor) and Dan Patrick (Tea Party Favorite Texas Senator) looming in the background, teetering with notion of running, the race for the Senate seat could be over before it even begins.

 In my next five blog posts I will give a short bio for each of these three candidates, as well as cover Dewhurst and Patrick for the sake of not being naive.