Dallas Mayor Tom Leppert is running for the Republican U.S. Senate nomination on a simple message: Lawyers and career politicians don't know how to create jobs; Leppert, as a proven businessman, does. He is perhaps best known for his four years as...

Rick Santorum is more likely to draw their support. U.S. Senate candidate Craig James, a former Perry supporter, announced Wednesday that he is backing Santorum. "He truly is the conservative alternative to Barack Obama," James said. Four of James'...

2003, said the EPA has usurped Texas' enforcement of air pollution regulations. Should he be sent to Washington, Dewhurst said he would seek to strike from the law EPA's ability to regulate "Greenhouse gases," which most scientists say are a major cause...

He's conteding with Ted Cruz, the former state solicitor general and Tea Party darling, as well as former lieutenant governor David Dewhurst, who's own deep pockets give him a pretty good fundraising advantage. There's also former Dallas mayor Tom...

Keep it." James picked a tough race for his political debut. He didn't join the Republican primary until Dec. 19, a late start in a field already crowded with three-term Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst, former Texas Solicitor General Ted Cruz, former Dallas...

Keep it." James picked a tough race for his political debut. He didn't join the Republican primary until Dec. 19, a late start in a field already crowded with three-term Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst, former Texas Solicitor General Ted Cruz, former Dallas...