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Early voting shows Texas Speaker Dade Phelan with an initial lead
https://www.texastribune.org/2024/05/24/dade-phelan-david-covey-texas-house-speaker-runoff/ ^

Posted on 05/28/2024 7:07:03 PM PDT by DIRTYSECRET

Republican primary runoff

RESULTS ARE COMING IN An estimated 79.4% of votes have been counted, according to the Associated Press. No projected nominee has been called yet.

CANDIDATES VOTES PCT. Dade Phelan Incumbent 12,397 52.3% David Covey 11,305 47.7 Note: Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan is facing a runoff election after he failed to secure a majority of votes during the primary, the clearest sign to date of his precarious position within the Republican Party. Read more.

(Excerpt) Read more at texastribune.org ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: dadephelan; davidcovey; democratcrossovers; housedistrict21; notpublican; notpublicanparty; openprimary; texas; texashousedistrict21
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Doesn't look good. Means we're not that serious. I thought Texas was no nonsense conservative. With 79% of the vote in Covey will have to get 4k of the remaining 6k votes.

The district might be purple. There're enough squishes to keep him in the speakers role with 100% democrat support.

Does this mean Paxton was guilty all along?

1 posted on 05/28/2024 7:07:03 PM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
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To: DIRTYSECRET

Every Texas city has been turned blue.


2 posted on 05/28/2024 7:08:19 PM PDT by stanne
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To: DIRTYSECRET

Not a single state in the union has a solid “conservative” elected government. They are all Rino’s and Texas is no exception.

Our side is every bit as stupid as the RINO’s and Democrats think and say we are. And this is part of the reason why.


3 posted on 05/28/2024 7:08:50 PM PDT by SPDSHDW (FJB)
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To: DIRTYSECRET

The way our people stood up for that Santos fella in NY would suggest we don’t want to win. You gonna blame the storms?


4 posted on 05/28/2024 7:09:27 PM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
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To: DIRTYSECRET

We’re not voting our way out of this.


5 posted on 05/28/2024 7:11:19 PM PDT by VTenigma (Conspiracy theory is the new "spoiler alert")
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To: DIRTYSECRET

This is a primary. Republicans only voting.


6 posted on 05/28/2024 7:15:03 PM PDT by Steven Scharf
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To: DIRTYSECRET

[I thought Texas was no nonsense conservative.]


Texas is majority Hispanic. At best, the Hispanic vote is 40% GOP. And Hispanic GOP voters don’t agree with every GOP plank - they tend to be what I call Peronists, welfare state conservatives.


8 posted on 05/28/2024 7:19:25 PM PDT by Zhang Fei (My dad had a Delta 88. That was a car. It was like driving your living room)
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Not surprised it’s the power of incumbency. Many people just don’t into special elections wouldn’t be surprised if turnout was very low.


9 posted on 05/28/2024 7:22:51 PM PDT by Lod881019
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Our biggest problem is Republican voters who are just lazy and/or uninformed. They keep voting for losers like Phelan or John Cornyn "because they recognize the name". They can't be bothered to take a few minutes out of their life to do some freaking research and vote for people who will actually make a difference.

And then, after electing losers, they spend the rest of the time complaining about the crappy job the Republicans do.
10 posted on 05/28/2024 7:24:10 PM PDT by SunStar (Democrats piss me off!)
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To: DIRTYSECRET

Waiting for the votes in Port A to come in.


11 posted on 05/28/2024 7:24:11 PM PDT by Round Earther
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To: SunStar

Let’s hope this time is different.


12 posted on 05/28/2024 7:24:53 PM PDT by SunStar (Democrats piss me off!)
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To: stanne

“Every Texas city has been turned blue.”

Aside from the towns of Houston, Dallas, San Antonio, Austin, and El Paso, Texas is solid Republican.


13 posted on 05/28/2024 7:28:26 PM PDT by Round Earther
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To: DIRTYSECRET

That sucks.


14 posted on 05/28/2024 7:29:35 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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John Couvillon
@WinWithJMC

WHY DADE PHELAN WON

Turnout, turnout, and turnout

Jefferson: 66% Phelan, turnout down 7%
Orange: 54% Covey, turnout down 28%
Jasper: 72% Covey, turnout down 44%
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15 posted on 05/28/2024 7:31:21 PM PDT by janetjanet998 (Legacy media including youtube are the enemy of the people and must die)
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Democrats have mastered the iron hand in the velvet glove tactic. BJ and the Kenyan are very affable while being committed leftists. How many females want to hop in the sack with a ‘pull yourself up by the bootstraps’ line?


16 posted on 05/28/2024 7:32:31 PM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
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Turnout down? Gee...I wonder why?


17 posted on 05/28/2024 7:35:02 PM PDT by who knows what evil? (Hospitals are the most dangerous place on Earth! Dr. David Williams)
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To: DIRTYSECRET

Repeal the 19th!


18 posted on 05/28/2024 7:36:27 PM PDT by who knows what evil? (Hospitals are the most dangerous place on Earth! Dr. David Williams)
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To: janetjanet998

“Jefferson: 66% Phelan, turnout down 7%”

You can chalk that up to Jefferson County Democrats crossing party lines and voting in the Republican runoff.


19 posted on 05/28/2024 7:37:29 PM PDT by Round Earther
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To: DIRTYSECRET

Had only Republicans voted in the Runoff, Convey would have won.


20 posted on 05/28/2024 7:43:50 PM PDT by Round Earther
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