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Dewhurst the spook, it is pretty much an open secret in political circles but not to the general public that Dewhurst is one of these self-hating gays who craves and gets support from the right-wing Christians. This is Texas, so you don't say those things about Republicans who are not "out". Republicans have run smear campaigns in other elections against Democrats, however.

The gay political groups in Texas avoided making endorsements in his race.