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Texas House runoffs bring wave of GOP incumbent defeats, give Abbott votes for school vouchers
Read full article: Texas House runoffs bring wave of GOP incumbent defeats, give Abbott votes for school vouchersSix of eight GOP incumbents lost their races. Gov. Greg Abbott declared he “now has enough votes to pass school choice.”
GOP leaders snubbed Katrina Pierson in her House primary. Now they need her to pass school vouchers.
Read full article: GOP leaders snubbed Katrina Pierson in her House primary. Now they need her to pass school vouchers.Ahead of the primary, Pierson lacked endorsements from Gov. Greg Abbott, former President Donald Trump, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, each of whom backed pro-voucher challengers in a number of other House contests.
Abbott vowed to campaign against anti-voucher GOP House members. Why did these six candidates get spared?
Read full article: Abbott vowed to campaign against anti-voucher GOP House members. Why did these six candidates get spared?With the March 5 election just a few days away, six anti-voucher House GOP incumbents managed to sidestep Abbott’s revenge warpath.
Raise-the-age gun bill misses crucial deadline, as Uvalde parents protest outside the Texas House
Read full article: Raise-the-age gun bill misses crucial deadline, as Uvalde parents protest outside the Texas HouseDays after another mass shooting in Texas, the measure to raise the minimum age from 18 to 21 to purchase semi-automatic rifles appears to have failed.
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Lawmaker relationships fray as Texas Democrats’ quorum bust to block voting bill drags on
Read full article: Lawmaker relationships fray as Texas Democrats’ quorum bust to block voting bill drags on“There’s been some significant — if not irreparable — damage to the relationships within the body,” said state Rep. Justin Holland, R-Rockwall.