Fort Worth Business Press, June 2, 2014 Vol. 26, No. 21 | Page 26
election 2014
26 June 2 - 8, 2014 | fwbusinesspress.com
Title, cover of Wendy
Davis memoir released
Election analysis
Tea party brew is still strong in Texas
n Margaret Carlson
Bloomberg New
T
he brew is weaker but still being
drunk in Texas, as the tea party
there bucked a national trend
and toppled more establishment Republicans on May 27.
The May 27 runoff vote marks the
end of the line for two of the most durable figures in Texas. Republican Lt.
Gov. David Dewhurst lost his bid to
run for re-election to Dan Patrick, a
state legislator and radio host, and 17term Rep. Ralph Hall lost to a lawyer,
John Ratcliffe.
With those victories and a few others down ballot, the Texas Republicans
are no longer George W. Bush’s party,
nor Rick Perry’s, but Ted Cru