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Texas 2026 Primary Election Roundup For February 17, 2026

Texas early voting started today, so here’s a roundup of Texas primary links, along with something that might vaguely resemble endorsements in a “one-eyed man in the land of the blind” sort of way, since I haven’t been paying terribly … Continue reading →

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School Choice Finally Passes Texas House

After seeing numerous attempts die at the hands of the Straus/Bonnin/Phelan/Burrows cabal over the years, the Texas House has finally passed school choice. In a historic move, the Texas House gave initial approval today to Senate Bill 2, a school … Continue reading →

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Texas Runoff Results: Phelan Survives, Most Followers Don’t

We have the results of yesterdays runoff election, and it’s a mixed bag. Sitting Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan survived Dave Covey’s challenge by less than 400 votes. Evidently a ton of gambling special interest money an encouraging Democrats to … Continue reading →

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More Texas 2024 Primary Results Tidbits

Now that the dust has settled a bit, here are some more election tidbits from Tuesday’s primary, most gleaned from The Texan’s tracking page. President Trump got more than twice as many primary votes as Joe Biden. Ted Cruz got … Continue reading →

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Texas 2024 Primary Election Results: Trump Triumphant, Phelan In Runoff, Phelan Cronies Slaughtered

Lots of gratifying results came out of yesterday’s primaries. Perhaps the most gratifying is that the Straus-Bonnen-Phelan Axis, which has thwarted conservative priorities for decades, finally had a stake driven through its heart. First statewide and national office races: President … Continue reading →

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Texas Election Roundup For February 28, 2024

I hadn’t intended to use so much of this week talking about Texas elections, but a lot of news is dropping and the primary looms next week, so let’s tuck in: Vegas bets on Dade Phelan. After mainly remaining on … Continue reading →

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Texas State House Republican Primary Candidates

Today marked the start of early primary voting, so here’s a roundup on Republican state house races. I’ve posted several times on the need to primary and defeat every one of the Dade Phelan toadies who voted to kill school … Continue reading →

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All Texas GOP Reps Voting Against School Choice Retire Or Draw Primary Opponents

Over the last month, I’ve posted several times on the need to primary and defeat every one of the Dade Phelan toadies who voted to kill school choice. It looks like we’re off to a good start, as the close … Continue reading →

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Texas House To School Choice: Drop Dead

If you were wondering if the left-leaning cabal behind Dade Phelan would ever let any form of school choice pass the Texas house, now you know. Following a year of anticipation and four special sessions, the hopes of school choice … Continue reading →

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