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Texas AG Paxton Defeats George P. Bush in Texas GOP Primary Runoff
Newsmax ^ | Tuesday, 24 May 2022 09:40 PM | By Eric Mack

Posted on 05/24/2022 7:38:13 PM PDT by RandFan

Texas GOP Attorney General Ken Paxton has held off a primary challenge Tuesday night, according to Decision Desk HQ.

The race was called at 8:37 p.m. ET.

George P. Bush, the nephew of the former President George W. Bush and son of former Florida GOP Gov. Jeb Bush, was defeated in the race against the incumbent Paxton, who had the endorsement of former President Donald Trump.

Paxton consistently led in polling in his reelection bid for a third term, though surveys tightened in the weeks before the vote. He beat out Bush, the state's land commissioner, for Trump's endorsement.

But the younger Bush's underdog status highlights a remarkable shift within the state's Republican Party over the past decade, with the center of power moving from the business-friendly wing squarely into the social conservatives' camp.

(Excerpt) Read more at newsmax.com ...


TOPICS: Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: 2022election; 2024election; election2022; election2024; georgepbush; kenpaxton; stayoutthebushes; texas
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Wooo....

Great news. Congrats to AG Paxton!

1 posted on 05/24/2022 7:38:13 PM PDT by RandFan
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To: RandFan

Could this be the end of another worthless and destructive American dynasty? One can only hope so.


2 posted on 05/24/2022 7:39:39 PM PDT by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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To: RandFan; Lurkinanloomin

This was the ONLY race that I cared about tonight.

The last of the Bushes is put out to pasture.


3 posted on 05/24/2022 7:40:56 PM PDT by BobL (Putin isn't sending gays into our schools to groom my children, but anti-Putin people are)
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To: Leaning Right

Take down the Clinton crime cartel as well as the house of Shrub.


4 posted on 05/24/2022 7:41:24 PM PDT by No name given (Anonymous is who you’ll know me as. )
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To: RandFan

Yep. Bye bye George P.


5 posted on 05/24/2022 7:41:29 PM PDT by tennmountainman ( Less Lindell CONS, More AZ Style Audits)
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To: RandFan

Good riddance go away and take your sorry ass relatives with you 🤪


6 posted on 05/24/2022 7:41:51 PM PDT by NWFree (Somebody has to say it)
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To: BobL

Hallelujah!


7 posted on 05/24/2022 7:42:02 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin ( (Natural born citizens are born here of citizen parents)(Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: RandFan

Any word on Alabama?


8 posted on 05/24/2022 7:42:16 PM PDT by TBP (Decent people cannot fathom the amoral cruelty of the Biden regime.)
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To: Lurkinanloomin

“Hallelujah!”

LOL - I thought you’d be happy! But they’re still around, in the shadows, doing damage on a daily basis.


9 posted on 05/24/2022 7:42:58 PM PDT by BobL (Putin isn't sending gays into our schools to groom my children, but anti-Putin people are)
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To: tennmountainman

Do the Bushes still have that ranch in Paraguay?—if so about time they moved there—for good.


10 posted on 05/24/2022 7:43:04 PM PDT by cgbg (A kleptocracy--if they can keep it. Think of it as the Cantillon Effect in action.)
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To: RandFan

yeah, most dynasties are pretty bad, this one was almost as bad as the Kennedy one, but nothing can be as bad as the horny Irishmen one.


11 posted on 05/24/2022 7:43:29 PM PDT by Baladas
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To: Leaning Right

Saw Newt Gingrich when I was flipping by Hannity praising P Bush and hoping he continues in politics. The Bushes have lost the trust of Republicans.


12 posted on 05/24/2022 7:43:39 PM PDT by dandiegirl (BOBBY m)
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To: BobL

Just glad that there was no drama and he easily won.

I posted about this race as one to watch months ago but it seems Mr. Paxton had this won a long time ago.

Texans seem to have had enough of the Bushes.


13 posted on 05/24/2022 7:44:16 PM PDT by RandFan (For some reason I'm interested in politics, particularly the U.S. Senate)
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To: BobL

Stay out da Bushes!

Jesse Jackson got one correct.


14 posted on 05/24/2022 7:44:27 PM PDT by SaveFerris (The Lord, The Christ and The Messiah: Jesus Christ of Nazareth - http://www.BiblicalJesusChrist.Com/)
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To: BobL

Oh for sure, there are still scores of Bush League Republicans, many in senior leadership positions, but the last one with the name is gone.
This was the one I was keenest on, too.
Too bad about Georgia, huh?


15 posted on 05/24/2022 7:45:51 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin ( (Natural born citizens are born here of citizen parents)(Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: tennmountainman

👍

Jeb! sez please clap.

Well, we’re glad your son lost, Jeb!


16 posted on 05/24/2022 7:46:04 PM PDT by SaveFerris (The Lord, The Christ and The Messiah: Jesus Christ of Nazareth - http://www.BiblicalJesusChrist.Com/)
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To: dandiegirl

> Saw Newt Gingrich when I was flipping by Hannity praising P Bush... <

I was never a big fan of Newt Gingrich. He seemed to me to be a bit too smooth. All hat, and no cattle. Or maybe Deep State, lite. Your post just reinforces my opinion of him.


17 posted on 05/24/2022 7:48:35 PM PDT by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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To: Lurkinanloomin

Yea, bummer with Georgia, but it was a crappy choice between Kemp and Purdue. Pissed, though, that Raff-burger or whoever won.


18 posted on 05/24/2022 7:48:45 PM PDT by BobL (Putin isn't sending gays into our schools to groom my children, but anti-Putin people are)
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To: SaveFerris

Newt tried to say P was a very conservative Trump supporter… ha, I doubt it given the rest of his family… especially his uncle W. He may have had a chance if W had supported Trump and his own party instead of going full crook Democrat.


19 posted on 05/24/2022 7:49:27 PM PDT by dandiegirl (BOBBY m)
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To: RandFan

Suck it RINOs, Neocons, and BushBots!

Patriots, do not vote for Kemp in the general - he can burn in hell.


20 posted on 05/24/2022 7:50:06 PM PDT by WMarshal (CNeocons and leftists are the same species of vicious rat.)
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