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October 9, 2025 4:23 PM

Paxton declines to defend the state in Republican lawsuit to close primaries

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

Texas Court of Criminal Appeals stays the execution of Robert Roberson

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

Speaker Burrows and other House Republicans argue Texas GOP plan to deny ballot access to some lawmakers would be unconstitutional

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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By Scott Braddock

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October 7, 2025 5:06 PM

Special election to succeed former Sen. Hancock creates strange bedfellows and possibility of an upset

The race pits some top capitol insiders and the “new right” in Tarrant County against the local establishment

The special election for Senate District 9 in Tarrant County is anything but normal.

The safe Republican seat vacated by acting Comptroller Kelly Hancock includes two Republicans – former Southlake Mayor John Huffman and Patriot Mobile Chief Communications Officer Leigh Wambsganss along with Democrat and labor leader Taylor Rehmet.

It’s a race pitting the Austin establishment and the county’s new right coalition, who back Wambsganss, at the urging of Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick against the Tarrant County establishment who support either Huffman, or more quietly Rehmet.

Huffman was mayor of one of the most conservative cities in the county’s hot bed of conservativism. Yet he’s being attacked for backing Black Lives Matter activists. That’s the allegation, anyway.

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By James Russell

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October 7, 2025 5:04 PM

Rep. Gina Hinojosa plans a special announcement in Brownsville Oct 15

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October 7, 2025 10:33 AM

Kronberg notes Hunt entry into US Senate race will eventually reveal who the money is behind him

On Texas Capital Tonight, Quorum Report Publisher Harvey Kronberg also said Hunt might not be the last Republican to jump into the US Senate race in Texas.

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October 7, 2025 7:05 AM

Sen. Cornyn to report more than $10 million cash on hand after raising more than $3 million

"...more than $3.36 million raised (between the re-election campaign, the associated Cornyn Victory Committee and Cornyn Lonestar Victory Fund) and a combined cash on hand totaling $10.5M," per the campaign this morning

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