Claim: Says that from 1992 through 2010, every statewide candidate drawing over 43 percent of the vote in a Republican Texas primary won the resulting runoff.
Fact-check: David Dewhurst says that since 1992, every Texas Republican candidate for statewide office who drew over 43 percent in a primary won their runoff
Verdict: true
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: W. Gardner Selby
Date published: 2012-05-31T00:00:00