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March 25, 2026 2:05 PM

Braddock: Some Republicans worry Huffines would be a rogue Comptroller but Hancock has set the precedent with the support of Abbott

Abbott and Hancock circumvented the Texas Constitution last year when the former senator moved to the Office of the Comptroller where he’s completely rewritten policy on issues that have always been within the purview of the Legislature

Now that a blood feud has erupted between Acting Texas Comptroller Kelly Hancock and Attorney General Ken Paxton – with the latter demanding the former be fired by Gov. Greg Abbott – it’s probably appropriate to set the record straight about how this all came to a head in the first place.

Last night, Paxton called on Abbott to “fire” Hancock because the acting comptroller was critical of how Paxton has handled the case of a Muslim school in Houston. In short, the raw politics of it is just another example of Republicans trying to outdo each other on the “Islamification of Texas.” Regardless of the merits, it’s clear Paxton is angry over Hancock’s vote to remove him from the AG’s office during the impeachment trial and Hancock thinks Paxton is a crook.

What else is new?

Well’s here’s what’s festering under the surface.

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By Scott Braddock

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March 25, 2026 10:29 AM

Aaron Reitz endorses MAGA Mayes Middleton for Texas Atttorney General

"First, Mayes has always been aligned with President Trump...Chip (Roy) described Trump as 'wrong, troubling, and impeachable' in 2021 and was one of his loudest critics during the 2024 Republican primary election for president," Reitz said

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March 24, 2026 7:40 PM

Video: Sen. Cruz bucks Trump amid TSA gridlock in DC

On Texas Capital Tonight, QR Publisher Harvey Kronberg says that not only is Cruz willing to speak for Senate Republicans who may disagree with President Trump, but the disagreement may also say something about the next presidential election. Host James Barragan and HK also got into Trump's attacks on Democratic Senate nominee James Talarico

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March 24, 2026 7:36 PM

Amid water crisis, Corpus Christi city council votes to advance process for removal of Mayor Guajardo

Council voted 5-3 Tuesday to move forward with procedural steps in a potential removal process for Mayor Paulette Guajardo

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March 24, 2026 4:39 PM

Lt. Gov. Patrick and Sen. Rehmet trade shots over lack of committee assignments for the new senator

Patrick says it's common practice to omit a senator from interim deliberations if he or she has just been elected to fill an unexpired term; Sen. Rehmet called Patrick's move "petty" and said “Dan Patrick is playing the kind of games Texans are tired of"

After the newly minted Democratic senator from Tarrant County was omitted from all Texas Senate committees this week, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and Sen. Taylor Rehmet are locked in a skirmish of words, as it were. Sen. Rehmet was quick to call Patrick "petty" over his decision to leave him out of any of the interim deliberations of the Senate but Patrick said it’s longstanding practice and accused Rehmet of taking a “cheap shot.”

Also, some sharp observers were quick to point out the committees on which Patrick is likely keeping a seat warm for the Republican running against Rehmet this fall.

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By Scott Braddock

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March 23, 2026 5:30 PM

Lt. Gov. Patrick adjusts Texas Senate committee assignments

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March 23, 2026 5:11 PM

Kronberg argues Talarico strategy may be avoiding the elephant in the room

The GOP playbook for the last 25 years includes campaigning on a number of fronts but closing the sale with culture war issues at the end of the election. Based on the history of those campaigns, Kronberg says it may prove unwise for Talarico to dismiss those issues out of hand as distractions now only to have them come back and bite him later

The question of the day is whether James Talarico is truly the new wonderkid of Democratic politics a candidate potentially following the same flame-out path of other once promising Democratic stars like Wendy Davis and Beto O’Rourke.

Let’s start with some predicates

First, there are simply more Republican voters in Texas than Democratic ones. Republicans have long enjoyed a 10+ percentage structural advantage in their base vote here. The conventional wisdom is that John Cornyn can engage that 10% structural advantage whereas the walking ethical mess that is Ken Paxton cuts that advantage by at least half.

Second, while recent but pre-Iran War polling suggests the president’s approval in Texas has declined it has not been precipitous. What is significant, at least according to the UT Politics Project poll, is that suburban voters have had a double-digit swing from +8% to -9% in Trump approval. Talarico will lose rural Texas, is likely to win urban Texas with the true battleground likely in the suburbs (AKA white suburban housewives).

Perhaps most significant is the historic growth in self-identified independent voters.

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By Harvey Kronberg

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March 23, 2026 9:42 AM

Texas Senate select committee formed on Religious Liberty to be chaired by Sen. Phil King

The membership includes Paxton, Blanco, Hagenbuch, Adam Hinojosa, Hughes, and Perry

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