The two top lawmakers in the Lone Star State are pursuing personal vendettas against fellow Republicans—and leading their party into the fringes.

The Democratic candidate claims to be a defender of public education. But in 2000, he hawked school vouchers for the future education secretary.

“Undermining public education is not a choice,” Senator Patty Murray said in a speech Wednesday, railing against the education secretary's policies.

The dangers of "school choice" without testing