Lt. Gov. Dewhurst: 'Washington is a disaster'

By: Associated Press Email

Posted: Sun 10:51 AM, Jun 10, 2012

Dewhurst has held the powerful lieutenant governorship since 2003 but is locked in a fierce battle for the Republican nomination to replace retiring U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison with former state Solicitor General Ted Cruz - a tea party favorite.

The pair face a July 31 runoff election after neither won a majority of the votes cast during last month's primary, though Dewhurst came close.

Dewhurst declared Saturday that "Washington is a disaster" and said he'd make the federal government more like Texas.

His speech to the convention in Fort Worth came shortly after Cruz's, and struck a more-subdued tone. But Dewhurst also largely avoided boos from tea party supporters.

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Lt. Gov. Dewhurst: 'Washington is a disaster'

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