Texas House Runoffs: School Vouchers Shake Up GOP Incumbents
In the Texas House primary runoffs, a significant number of Republican incumbents, including those opposing school vouchers, were defeated, giving Governor Greg Abbott a tentative majority to push his school voucher agenda. Despite mixed results for the hard right, the House now has a pro-voucher majority, though House Speaker Dade Phelan, a target of the right, survived his runoff. Abbott and pro-voucher groups heavily funded the campaigns, leading to a record number of GOP incumbents being ousted.