Texas womens group, Ron Paul back Dewhurst in runoff for Texas lieutenant governor

By David Yates

Published May 15, 2014 6:25pm ET

AUSTIN, Texas (Legal Newsline) – With the runoff election only two weeks away, endorsements from prominent Texas figures are starting to roll in for Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst.

Dewhurst lost by a double-digit margin to state Sen. Dan Patrick, a Houston conservative radio jockey, in the March 4 primary. Patrick captured 550,769 votes for 41.45 percent of the total vote – exceeding Dewhurst’s 28.31 percent vote total.