“Ted Cruz wins Texas Senate primary in a victory for tea party”

WaPo reports.

Mike Allen (Playbook):

WHAT THE TEA PARTY WIN MEANS TO GOVERNING : The 13-point victory by Ted Cruz, the former Texas solicitor general, over the sitting lieutenant governor, David Dewhurst, is a dramatic manifestation of the repeated pattern in GOP primaries over the past three years: upset victories by more-conservative, non-establishment candidates. Don’t underestimate the level of BUSH GUILT among activists over the spending of the past decade, and their determination to undo it. This means a growing swath of Capitol Hill Republicans have NO allegiance to leadership: The incentive, rather, is to REMAIN PURE. And these candidates have access to their own media and money – the traditional party levers for containing rebels.

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