Republican Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan has won his primary runoff to survive a wave of party turbulence in America’s biggest red state.
AUSTIN, Texas — U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales of Texas was out to save his job Tuesday in a GOP primary runoff that has put rifts within the party on display.
A shakeup in the Texas Capitol could still lay ahead. Although the victory keeps Phelan on the ballot in his southeast Texas district, the bruising primary fight leaves questions about his ability to retain the powerful speakership.He rebounded to win the runoff after finishing second in March to challenger David Covey, a former local party chairman and oil and gas consultant.
More than 100 polling stations in Dallas, Kaufman, Ellis and Tarrant counties were without power early in the day. Dallas County extended voting by two hours to 9 p.m., and a judge in Kaufman County, where workers set up generators at several polling stations, ordered voting to remain open until 8 p.m. Many Texas counties allow voters to vote at any open polling station.
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