David Dewhurst’s 2012 campaign still owes vendors more than $1 million (Rove RINO alert)

Dallas Morning News ^ | 2/8/14 | CHRISTY HOPPE

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David Dewhurst, now running for re-election as lieutenant governor, still owes businesses $1.4 million from his failed 2012 U.S. Senate campaign, a federal report filed this week shows.

The 20 private creditors have been waiting 18 months for payment. The debt ranges from $170,628 to a Maryland-based media consultant to $464 for email services.

Piling onto the debt is his own state campaign committee, which is now listed as a creditor for having to provide more than $474,000 to the Senate campaign to help pay its legal costs.

Dewhurst spokesman Travis Considine said the problem stems from the legal morass involving Dewhurst’s former trusted adviser Kenneth “Buddy” Barfield. But it raises a potential political issue as Dewhurst competes in a heated primary to try to keep his job. One rival questioned why the lieutenant governor, who is personally wealthy, hasn’t paid the debt himself.

“Two wrongs don’t make a right,” said Agriculture Commissioner Todd Staples, one of three fellow Republicans seeking to knock off Dewhurst.

The Travis County district attorney’s office is investigating whether Barfield siphoned off as much as $4 million from Dewhurst’s lieutenant governor and U.S. Senate campaign committees.

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This was Ted Cruz's senatorial race opponent who was endorsed and supported by many, including Texas Governor Rick Perry.

Ted was a gar greater choice, proving yet again how out of touch Rick Perry can be.

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David “Entitlement R Us” Dewhurst was in the news lately for being the first TX Lt Gov to travel around with a security entourage.