TX-Sen: Ground war to the finish

[Brittain33]

Learning a lot about Dewhurst from googling "dewhurst liberal"

http://www.rightsidenews.com/2012051116206/us/politics-and-economics/texas-david-dewhurst-appointed-32-democrat-committee-chairs-and-worked-with-liberal-democrats-to-kill-conservative-legislation.html

[Brittain33]

Would this be the first time a candidate with a Spanish surname defeats a candidate with an Anglo surname in a Republican primary in TX? There may have been a few exceptions where a heavily funded incumbent with the backing of the state power structure held off a Gene Kelly joke candidate, but nothing like this.