Richard Parker: The era of GOP dominance in Texas is over [Opinion]
By Richard Parker Sep. 27, 2019 Updated: Sep. 27, 2019 5:25 p.m.
Even before 2020 really gets underway, you can see it in all the ways the normally lockstep Republican Party is in trouble. You can see it in all the offices Republicans lost last year, even as Ted Cruz held on to his scalp. It’s visible in John Cornyn’s shaky bid for re-election.
And it is painfully obvious in how Republicans in Austin are divided over gun control. Gun control. There is panic in Austin that scandal could hand the state House of Representatives to Democrats. Democrats. Beto O’Rourke could beat Donald Trump in Texas, say the polls. The Lone Star State has gone from deep red to bright purple in what was seemingly a flash.
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