Historically, though, it was Northerners like the Bushes who led the way in getting elected as Republicans in Texas.
Nonsense, naming a single guy who moved to Texas permanently at age 24 after being there as a teen in WWII and who was elected a congressman in 1966 stands on it’s own, it doesn’t justify your claim.
Senator Tower was from my hometown, and Clements was from my son’s hometown.