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June 11, 2026 10:18 AM
With the promise of likely Democratic gains in the next election, Burrows will probably have to promise the GOP delegates he’ll further marginalize those who helped elect him in the first place
Aside from
the usual antics and internal backstabbing at any state political party
convention, the Republican Party of Texas gathering unfolding now
in Houston includes another moment of drama and potential insight for Texas
political professionals and addicts.
Speaker
Dustin
Burrows will address
the convention on Friday. Now, it is not a given that statewide officers speak to
the party’s most ardent activists. After passing the post-Uvalde gun bill, Sen.
John Cornyn was man enough to show up and get booed for 25 of the 30
minutes he was on stage but Gov. Greg Abbott’s last appearance inside
the convention hall was in 2018 for fear he’d be blasted as insufficiently “MAGA.”
Burrows
speaking is of particular interest considering it is virtually assured that Republicans
will lose seats in the Texas House this cycle. The only question
is how many.
Conventional
wisdom has it that next session we’ll see somewhere around 78 Republicans to 72
Democrats which would radically change how the House can operate. But more
about that later.
Democratic
Speakers rarely spoke to the convention. They would traditionally appear on
stage with the Democratic state representatives for a brief introduction and a
round of applause and then blend into the background. The first Republican
speaker, Tom Craddick, did speak to the convention. If memory serves, it
was a relatively uneventful celebration of the GOP finally gaining the majority
in the 2002 elections. Since then, GOP Speakers Joe Straus, Dennis Bonnen,
and Dade Phelan either kept a low profile at the convention or did not
appear at all.
But there
is a great deal more drama surrounding this convention, this upcoming election,
and this speaker.
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June 10, 2026 9:54 AM
In a letter to leaders at PUC and ERCOT, the Gov also outlined some of his proposals on data centers for next session
Data
centers in Texas have been described by at least one Republican leader in the
Texas House as a key reason that “rural Texas is on fire politically.” Feeling
the heat, legislators have already started to dig into what might be done about
it next session.
Meantime,
Gov. Greg Abbott on Wednesday asked regulators to “take action to
require data centers to pay for all of their electric infrastructure costs to
ensure that no residential ratepayer is burdened by those costs.”
From his
letter:
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June 9, 2026 4:51 PM
On Texas Capital Tonight, Harvey Kronberg and James Barragan got into that and more on Spectrum News on Monday night.
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June 9, 2026 1:28 PM
A visitation is scheduled for Monday, June 15, 2026, at 12:30 p.m. at Mullin-Fuller Funeral Home, located at 205 Corky Boyd Ave. Wills Point, with a funeral service to be held immediately following at 1:00 pm. Interment will be held on Tuesday, June 16, 2026, at Texas State Cemetery, located at 909 Navasota Street, Austin, Texas 78702
Her obituary
is here. Depending on your browser you may have to right click and open in a new tab.
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June 8, 2026 11:45 AM
And for the first time any of us can remember, TTLA is a sponsor at the GOP convention
Despite being one of the banner sponsors, Texans
for Lawsuit Reform can look forward to a hostile reception when the
Republican Party of Texas convention convenes in Houston this week.
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June 8, 2026 10:36 AM
"Republicans feel entitled to keeping Texas." After all, they've been in power for nearly 30 years. But could Democrats flip the script? Quorum Report Publisher Harvey Kronberg joined the "On The Ground" podcast with Joe Trippi to talk about the potential Dems have in the midterms
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June 5, 2026 2:11 PM
Power players, trade association news, staffer moves, and more
The summer
months are in full swing now with trips to the beach for some of you. For
others, it’s anywhere that’s not hot like Colorado or Maine. As for me, I’m looking
forward to covering the Republican Party of Texas Convention in
Houston next week and the Texas Democratic Party Convention later
this month in Corpus Christi. I’ll see lots of you in both places.
Meantime, there
are some significant career moves to pass along this week. People on the Move
is the most efficient way to let Texas Capitol folks know about your new job or
new business. Feel free to send the scoop anytime to ksbraddock@gmail.com and use POTM in the
subject line. Please and thank you.
Here’s the
latest edition.
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