Posted on 03/07/2024 8:58:05 AM PST by george76
Dade Phelan incurred the wrath of Trump and other Republicans when he led the impeachment effort against state Attorney General Ken Paxton..
Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan and his Republican challenger David Covey, who was backed by former President Donald Trump and Attorney General Ken Paxton, will proceed to a primary runoff race in May..
Phelan and Covey were neck and neck in the results early Wednesday, while a third GOP candidate, hairdresser Alicia Davis, won far fewer votes but helped deny both candidates a majority of their party's votes.
Phelan incurred the wrath of Republicans in Texas and nationally when he led the impeachment proceedings against state Attorney General Ken Paxton. Covey, a GOP activist, campaigned heavily on Trump’s support, while Paxton appeared on the trail and in ads on his behalf.
Phelan has perhaps the most politically precarious job in Texas: Speakers must be elected by their districts and all 150 members of the Texas House of Representatives. That means a Republican like Phelan must persuade Democratic colleagues and conservative primary voters in his own district to re-elect him every two years.
Phelan was first elected to the state House in 2014 and took up the speaker’s gavel in 2021. But his tenuous balancing act between the left and right wings of the chamber was disrupted last year when he oversaw impeachment proceedings against Paxton on corruption charges. The impeachment, and the subsequent trial, triggered widespread infighting within the Texas GOP.
The Texas Senate declined to convict and remove Paxton from office, and Paxton — backed by Trump — vowed revenge on those who tried to oust him. Paxton campaigned against Phelan and dozens of other GOP incumbents leading up to Tuesday’s primary.
“Any Republican backing Phelan is a fool, and should be disassociated from the Republican Party — that’s how bad Phelan is, especially on, Election Integrity!” Trump wrote on Truth Social, endorsing Covey.
Come on Texas, give Peelan a good reason to get drunk.
Texas Monthly recognized Phelan as one of the best legislators of 2019.[4]
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All you need to know about Dade!
An endorsement from uber liberal Texas Monthly is like an endorsement from Hillary Clinton in West Texas.
Exactly. It might as well be an endorsement from Pravda back in the days of the USSR.
LOL!! Oh my, I can't....!!
Let the RINO Bushite purge continue in TX !
This rat bastard is public enemy #1. A rat collaborator who has allied with the Dems and gave them effective control of the Texas House.
After the theft of 2020 the democRATS redrew the voting districts in Texas. I was 10 miles from the church I have voted at for 15 years. Now if I vote on election day I have to drive 22 miles out to a small community center in a town with a population of maybe 20. Old school building built in 1905.
I’ll be sure and vote early for the next elections! You can vote at any voting center.
Good news is in Texas they don’t need your voter card, they ask for your ID!
Damn! Who knew! Just like when you try to buy medicine, spray paint, beer, or board an airplane.
No one should vote without a state issued ID!
“Good news is in Texas they don’t need your voter card, they ask for your ID!“
Something that aggravates me is the rural voting stations enforce these rules to the letter but when you get into the cities the rules go out the window. You go in there to vote and no ID no problem you and the dog you came in with can vote.
Phelan came in #2 out of a field of many. The general consensus is he doesn’t have a snowballs chance in h3ll.
“Speakers must be elected by their districts and all 150 members of the Texas House of Representatives. That means a Republican like Phelan must persuade Democratic colleagues and conservative primary voters in his own district to re-elect him every two years.”
They make it sound like it must be a unanimous approval. Is that true?
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