Debra Medina was hardly the ideal candidate in Tuesday's Republican primary: She didn't raise much money and came under fire for suggesting the U.S. might have been involved in the Sept. 11 attacks. Still, she won nearly one out of every five votes ...

Texas Gov. Rick Perry latched onto the rising wave of anti-Washington ire and rode it to an easy Republican primary win over Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, once seen as the candidate who could block his march toward four more years in the state's ...

Texas Governor Rick Perry defeated his fellow Republican challengers in a primary election which highlighted rising pressure from the party's conservative flank. Perry, who became governor when predecessor George W. Bush was elected president in 2000 and is seeking an unprecedented third full term in office, was quick to tap into frustration with Washington and marginalize his main opponent ...