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'Disastrous': A shaken Texas House prepares for rightward shift after record GOP primary upsets
Houston Chronicle ^ | 3/7/24 | Jasper Scherer

Posted on 03/07/2024 5:47:08 PM PST by cotton1706

When Shelley Luther announced she was challenging state Rep. Reggie Smith in this year’s Republican primary, some party members dismissed it as a quixotic bid from the former Dallas salon owner, who rose to prominence in 2020 for defying a pandemic lockdown order.

Luther had already lost to Smith in 2022, her second electoral defeat in 14 months. She generated controversy earlier that year for admitting that she was “not comfortable with the transgenders” and complaining that, during her stint as a school teacher, her students could not make fun of their transgender classmates. She also called for Chinese students to be barred from attending Texas universities, sparking bipartisan backlash.

But despite being outspent more than 2-to-1, Luther scored an upset win over Smith in Tuesday’s primary, virtually ensuring she will represent the bright red North Texas district when lawmakers reconvene in January.

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


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: elections; texas
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1 posted on 03/07/2024 5:47:08 PM PST by cotton1706
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To: cotton1706

‘Disastrous’ ‘shaken’ ‘upsets’

Nope. No bias there.


2 posted on 03/07/2024 5:53:31 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: cotton1706

No bigotry there! /s


3 posted on 03/07/2024 5:56:15 PM PST by bantam
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To: BenLurkin

It’s the Comical. Expected…


4 posted on 03/07/2024 5:56:35 PM PST by umbagi (Patriotism is supporting your country all the time and your government when it deserves it. [Twain])
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To: BenLurkin

Yeah the Chronicle is a leftist, corrupt rag. (Just like Houston)

My local paper.


5 posted on 03/07/2024 5:58:04 PM PST by pghoilman (Earth First. We'll drill the rest of the galaxy later.)
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To: cotton1706

“...She (Shelley Luther) also called for Chinese students to be barred from attending Texas universities...”

That would get her my vote. Most major universities coast to coast have a thousand or more Chinese “students”. At Auburn, the last count I saw was 1400. Many are nice and polite and serious-minded. But they are all at the mercy of the Communist Party of China who can recall them or threaten their family back home.

When filling out an employment application at Auburn one has to commit to a “diverse” campus. How many Chinese are required for a diverse enough campus? Is 1400 enough? Is 3000 too many? And how many should be from Bangladesh? We have lots and lots of them.


6 posted on 03/07/2024 5:59:42 PM PST by Monterrosa-24 (Saludemos la patria orgullosos)
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To: cotton1706

So, the massive Republican vote fraud machine is getting geared up for cheating President Biden out of his well-deserved second term.


7 posted on 03/07/2024 6:00:22 PM PST by 17th Miss Regt ( )
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To: cotton1706

Would have liked to see Herrera do better.


8 posted on 03/07/2024 6:03:27 PM PST by JusPasenThru (25 years as a Freeper. Prepare to stune your beebers…)
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To: cotton1706

I get a feeling the normies are waking up to this mass media bias. I mean anything other than alternative conservative news, all the msm parrots the same anti republican, Anti trump anti white Christian news and I think folks are starting to wonder Why? I did in my college years. I thought so many people vote republican yet all I hear on the news is negative toward them. Let me investigate this more ya know


9 posted on 03/07/2024 6:04:40 PM PST by pangaea6
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To: cotton1706

Looks like the Bush Machine went too far in their attempt to impeach Paxton. Could this be the beginning of their end?


10 posted on 03/07/2024 6:05:05 PM PST by ETCM (“There is no security, no safety, in the appeasement of evil.” — Ronald Reagan)
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To: cotton1706
and complaining that, during her stint as a school teacher, her students could not make fun of their transgender classmates.

What? Complaining that her students could not make fun of transgender classmates? Sounds like BS to me.

11 posted on 03/07/2024 6:07:47 PM PST by Lizavetta
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To: BenLurkin

What? No “rightward lurch”?


12 posted on 03/07/2024 6:20:52 PM PST by Noumenon (You're not voting your way out of this. KTF)
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To: JusPasenThru

“ Would have liked to see Herrera do better.”

He did well enough to force a runoff.

I threw a few bucks his way.

L


13 posted on 03/07/2024 6:23:12 PM PST by Lurker ( Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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To: Lizavetta

My guess is she noted that leftist pigs try to destroy children’s lives over schoolroom taunts.


14 posted on 03/07/2024 6:38:27 PM PST by RightOnTheBorder
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To: 17th Miss Regt

Yes officer.


15 posted on 03/07/2024 6:38:33 PM PST by The Free Engineer
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To: cotton1706

The horror, the horror.


16 posted on 03/07/2024 6:44:14 PM PST by FrankRizzo890
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To: cotton1706

I met Shelly through a restauranteur friend during the plandemic. She is a very capable and driven Conservative. Pretty, too.


17 posted on 03/07/2024 7:07:49 PM PST by BozoTexino (RIP GOP)
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To: ETCM

https://www.texastribune.org/2024/03/07/dade-phelan-texas-speaker-david-covey-paxton/


18 posted on 03/07/2024 7:19:20 PM PST by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> --- )
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To: cotton1706

God Bless Texas


19 posted on 03/07/2024 7:53:24 PM PST by showme_the_Glory (No more rhyming, and I mean it.........)
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To: cotton1706

15 of the GOP state reps who voted to impeach Ken Paxton either lost their primary races, decided to retire or face runoffs and most likely going to lose.

Great results for Texas conservatives.


20 posted on 03/07/2024 8:22:03 PM PST by WASCWatch ( WASC)
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