Posted on 03/06/2024 2:42:17 AM PST by cotton1706
In a whiplash-inducing reversal from only five weeks prior, Republican voters in North Texas’ House District 2 have chosen Brent Money over the recently elected incumbent, state Rep. Jill Dutton.Never
The Associated Press declared Money the winner at 11:30 p.m. on Tuesday.
“Tonight’s victory goes to the conservative people in this district who are desperate for a conservative fighter in Austin,” Money said in a statement. “For months, the Austin establishment poured millions of dollars into this district to preserve the status quo, but the voters of HD02 sent their message loud and clear: we will not be bought.”
Dutton was sworn in to office three weeks ago after narrowly beating Money in a special election runoff in late January to fill the unfinished term for former Rep. Bryan Slaton, R-Royse City, who was expelled for getting an intern drunk and having sex with her.
But Money’s win in the Tuesday Republican primary is the more consequential victory. The win positions Money to hold the two-year term beginning in 2025. Dutton’s term expires at the end of the year, and since there is no regular legislative session scheduled for 2024, she is unlikely to cast a vote while in office.
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That endorsement perplexed top political brass in the region. Prior to the first phase of the special election, Dutton had been the Republican establishment’s clear favorite, garnering endorsements from the Associated Republicans of Texas, Texans for Lawsuit Reform, U.S. Rep. Lance Gooden, multiple would-be colleagues within House leadership and the widow of state Rep. Dan Flynn, who preceded Slaton.
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Establishment succeeded in the first, failed in the second.
Whiplash - another corruptocrat grifter outed. I didn’t think whiplash lead to smiles on one’s face. Well life’s a constant suprise.
That doesn't mean what you think it means.
The voters not liking the impeachment of their Attorney General?
BTTT
She only won the first vote by something like 40 votes with lots of DemonRats voting for her. More of them voted in their own primary this time.
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