A year ago, the big political story in Texas was about the race for governor — in particular, the Republican primary brawl between two of the party’s most prominent figures. Another was about the well-financed Democrat who gave up a bid for the U.S. Senate to challenge the winner of that Republican battle. And one more was about whether the Democrats would be able to win one or two or three additional seats in the Texas House, giving them a majority and the right to elect a speaker after eight years of Republican reign.

Those were kind of flaky ...

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