Posted on 10/14/2021 2:00:36 AM PDT by cotton1706
State Rep. Lyle Larson, R-San Antonio, who bucked his party on a number of major issues this year, announced Wednesday he will not seek reelection.
In an email to constituents, Larson said he was following through on legislation he has repeatedly introduced that imposes a term limit of 12 years on any elected official at the state level.
"As a strong proponent of term limits, will follow the limits we previously proposed in this legislation," Larson wrote.
Larson was first elected in 2010 to represent House District 122 in the San Antonio area.
He had been increasingly expected to pass on a 2022 reelection campaign as he grew disillusioned with his party and potential GOP candidates lined up for his seat. Larson was the only Republican to oppose the GOP's priority elections bill that led House Democrats to break quorum this summer. He also was the only Republican to vote against legislation that Republican supporters argued would crack down on the teaching of critical race theory in Texas classrooms. More recently, he filed a long-shot bill during the current special session to provide rape and incest exemptions for Texas' new near-total abortion ban, despite previously voting for it.
Larson, a former San Antonio City Council member and Bexar County commissioner, has also stood mostly alone inside the House GOP for his support for expanding Medicaid, filing legislation to do so during this year's regular session.
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Yep, the GOP’s elimination of RINO turds continues.
Please, God. Let 2022 be the year of the RINO purge in the primaries, and let the fearless conservatives who replace them take over the House and Senate in a landslide.
Rule of thumb: the longer politicians stay in office, the more likely they are to become more totalitarian leftist. Larson is clearly in the wrong party.
Don’t let the door hit ya where the good lord split ya…
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