Tea Party-Backed Cruz Gets GOP Nod In Texas
Steve Inskeep and Renee Montagne report on the Texas Senate race. The Tea Party-backed candidate, Ted Cruz, secured the GOP nomination for Senate and is heavily favored to win in November.
RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST:
The Tea Party got a big win yesterday in Texas. Its candidate for a U.S. Senate race won the Republican primary. Ted Cruz is the former state's solicitor general. He defeated the lieutenant governor who was backed by the governor, Rick Perry.
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST:
Ted Cruz received millions of dollars in backing from national conservative groups. And now he is the Republican nominee and heavy favorite to win this fall, a Canadian-born Texan with Cuban ancestry.
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