The Texas GOP chairman made his campaign official Sunday.
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Texas 2022 Elections
State Rep. John Turner says he won’t seek reelection to Texas House
Turner has represented House District 114 since 2019 after he flipped the previously GOP-held seat during the 2018 elections.
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Texas 2022 Elections
Allen West resigns as chair of Texas Republican Party, says he’s mulling statewide run
West declined to say whether he was eyeing any particular statewide office, though he told a radio host earlier Friday morning that the host was “safe” to assume West was mulling a gubernatorial run.
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Politics
Texas officials speak at QAnon-affiliated event where Trump adviser Michael Flynn encouraged military coup on U.S. government
Texas GOP Chairman Allen West, Republican U.S. Rep. Louie Gohmert and Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller each delivered remarks at the event. Marketing for the event included a logo featuring a cowboy hat with the letters “WWG1WGA” around its band, a QAnon motto.
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Texas Legislature 2021
Analysis: Republican Texas legislators, like the governor, take a right turn
The Legislature still has plenty of big issues to address in its last month: electric outages, the budget and policing. At the same time, the Republican majority has its eye on issues that are dear to the conservative base: abortion, guns and elections.
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Politics
Social network Gab fuels latest conflict among Texas Republicans
The Texas GOP said Thursday it would not abandon the site after the party’s vice chair, Cat Parks, demanded it do so — and after Gov. Greg Abbott denounced it as an anti-Semitic platform.
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Politics
Cat Parks paves own path as Texas GOP vice chair under bombastic Allen West
Parks has risen quickly in Texas GOP politics since being tapped to run a small county party a few years ago.
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Politics
Sen. Ted Cruz declares Trumpism among Republicans “ain’t goin’ anywhere” at Florida conference
Cruz appeared at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference in Orlando, Florida, as President Joe Biden headed to Texas to see the state’s recovery from last week’s storm, which left millions of Texans without power and potable water.
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Coronavirus in Texas
Gov. Greg Abbott open to reforming his emergency powers after months of criticism from both parties
The Republican governor said his office is “offering up some legislation ourselves” to deal with some intraparty concerns about executive authority that have cropped up during the coronavirus pandemic.
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State Government
Analyzing 2020: Some things Texans didn’t expect
We’ve selected some columns from 2020 on assorted topics.