It's party primary runoff election day in Texas. It's a big deal for political party insiders, but it's also important for Texas voters in general because today
Tue, May 28th 2024 at 8:15 AMAUSTIN, TX - JULY 13: Speaker of the Texas House U.S. Rep. Dade Phelan listens to U.S. Rep. Will Metcalf move to issue a call of the House to try to regain a quorum on July 13, 2021 in Austin, Texas . The Texas House voted to arrest Democrats who fled the state to deny a quorum in protest of Republicans' controversial voting bill.
One legislative race with huge statewide implications isn't even on Central Texas ballots. Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan is in a runoff election today back home in Beaumont. Phelan was elected to the Speaker’s post by his fellow state representatives, but he can't keep that job unless he wins re-election at home.
Phelan’s critics pumped millions of dollars into this race but weren't able to knock him out in the Texas GOP primary. But they were able to wound him politically even if he survives the runoff. Mitch Little, the GOP nominee for HD 65 says, “I think you're going to see a very embattled Dade Phelan. I think, even if he is able to survive his one-off challenge from David Covey, I don't think he'll return as speaker.
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