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October 14, 2025 4:00 PM
RPT Chair George says the suit is the party’s number one priority; Secretary Nelson's hired a heavyweight law firm to handle the case while fair elections advocates worry about practical implications of it all
It’s
unclear what’s perhaps more unprecedented: The Republican Party of Texas’
lawsuit challenging state law allowing people to vote in a primary regardless
of party affiliation or that Attorney General Ken Paxton declined to
represent Secretary of State Jane Nelson in defending state law and
joining with the RPT in the suit instead.
It sets up
the Attorney General’s office to face off with the Secretary of State in
federal court in Amarillo. After Paxton announced his office had signed onto
the RPT suit, Secretary Nelson later notified the court that her office remains
opposed to it and would be filing a response.
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By James Russell
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October 14, 2025 1:53 PM
On Spectrum News' Capital Tonight, Quorum Report Publisher Harvey Kronberg and host James Barragan discussed the Texas GOP's rejection of kicking certain lawmakers off the ballot. They also got into the fact that Rep. Jasmine Crockett leads in polls for the US Senate Democratic primary even though she's not in the race.
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October 13, 2025 4:00 PM
House members are Representatives Morgan Meyer as Chair alongside Moody, Darby, Dyson, and Gamez. Senators are Chair Flores with Perry, Hughes, Koklhorst, and Menendez
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October 13, 2025 12:02 PM
"We'll be rooting for her if she's in it!" Hinojosa plans a "special announcement" in Brownsville on Wednesday
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October 13, 2025 9:58 AM
"In this episode of the Changing Austin podcast, Stacy Armijo sits down with Kronberg for a candid conversation about how Austin has evolved over the decades from its laid-back 'slacker' reputation in the 1970s to its transformation into a booming tech and policy hub, Kronberg shares firsthand stories from the frontlines of Texas journalism and politics."
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October 13, 2025 9:46 AM
“Standards are back at the Department of War,” Hegseth said
After
reports this morning that you may have read in QR’s news clips about some Texas
National Guard being replaced in Illinois, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said
simply “standards are back at the Department of War.” Some of the Texans
arriving for the deployment were mocked online after ABC News posted pictures
of them arriving in Illinois days ago while Governors Abbott and Pritzker
exchanged insults and talked about Chicago hot dogs in competing media appearances.
It’s being
treated with such seriousness while state sovereignty is violated
and troops are away from their families.
In case
you missed it, Task
& Purpose reported:
The
Texas Military Department has removed an unspecified number of National Guard
troops deployed to Chicago for not being “in compliance” with its validation
process.
A
spokesperson for the Texas Military Department confirmed to Task & Purpose
that “a small group” of the 200 National Guard members sent to Illinois this
past week have been replaced after they were found to not meet certain
standards. The move came amid criticism on social media over pictures that
showed some of the Guard members appearing to be overweight, and as an appeals
court temporarily blocked the deployment of the Texan troops into Illinois.
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October 11, 2025 4:45 PM
Burrows was more conciliatory than he was in a letter this week arguing censures and potential denial of ballot access would be unconstitutional; meantime Current Revolt reports the White House political director told SREC members in executive session they would tarnish President Trump's legacy if members he endorsed were barred from ballot access
Less than
24 hours after what many attendees described as a "low energy and low
attendance" day of legislative fundraisers in Dallas during Texas-OU
weekend, Speaker Dustin Burrows on Saturday morning was back at work,
appearing before members of the State Republican Executive Committee
pleading with them to reject an effort to censure him and other GOP Texas
House lawmakers.
At the
opening of their public discussion at the Capitol, Republican Party of Texas
Chairman Abraham George said a friend had described this as the “Super
Bowl” of SREC meetings.
“I prayed
about this meeting more than I prepared for this meeting,” he said before kicking
off their deliberations on whether to censure some Texas House lawmakers and
potentially try to kick them off primary ballots in March.
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October 9, 2025 4:23 PM
The Attorney General's office filed a joint motion with the RPT to close the Republican primary
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October 9, 2025 9:13 AM
He had been set for lethal injection next week. The court sent the case back down to the trial court to consider one item
You can download the
order here.
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October 8, 2025 2:13 PM
Editor’s
note: The full letter to the Republican Party of Texas Chairman is
available to subscribers at the end of this story – SB
Just days
ahead of a meeting of the State Republican Executive Committee in
which Speaker Dustin Burrows and some other House GOP Caucus
members could be censured – with an eye toward denying them ballot access –
Burrows and others argued to RPT Chairman Abraham George
that the move would be unconstitutional and illegal under Texas law.
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