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Tuesday, March 12, 2013  Senate panel ready to OK Dems' bill on gun background checks, fate in full Senate less sure

Wednesday, October 24, 2012  Updated with video: Richard Mourdock criticized over rape, pregnancy comments made during Indiana Senate candidate debate.

Tuesday, January 17, 2012  The website will go dark for 24 hours in an unprecedented move that brings added muscle to a growing base of critics of SOPA.

Monday, December 19, 2011  ESPN college football analyst Craig James is leaving the broadcast booth to run for the U.S. Senate in Texas.

Thursday, January 27, 2011  Today, one woman announced she'll be a candidate for senator when her term with the railroad commission is up.

Wednesday, January 19, 2011  Republican Ted Cruz of Houston is running for U.S. Senate.

Tuesday, September 28, 2010  The Senate is headed toward a vote on a bill to punish corporations that send jobs overseas. Senate Democrats are trying to claim the loss of jobs overseas as a campaign issue just before Congress heads home for the November elections.

Thursday, October 29, 2009  John Sharp, who is running for U.S. Senate, is spending time in the Texas Panhandle today.

Tuesday, September 08, 2009  Bill White the Mayor of Houston for the past five years who served as the Deputy Secretary of Energy for the Clinton Administration announced his intentions to run for the U.S. Senate position Kay Bailey Hutchison will vacate to run for Governor.