All Texas GOP Reps Voting Against School Choice Retire Or Draw Primary Opponents

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Lawrence Person's BattleSwarm Blog 12/13/2023

https://www.battleswarmblog.com/?p=56661

Over the last month, I’ve posted several times on the need to primary and defeat every one of the Dade Phelan toadies who voted to kill school choice. It looks like we’re off to a good start, as the close of the filing period saw every one of them retire or draw a primary challenger.
Every Republican who opposed school choice in the Texas House now finds themselves facing a challenger in the upcoming Republican primary.
Despite being a priority of the Republican Party of Texas and Gov. Greg Abbott, last month 21 Republicans joined Democrats in voting to remove a school choice program from a school spending proposal.

Now each of those 21 members are either leaving the legislature or facing intraparty opposition.
Retiring reps are:

•  Kyle Kacal
•  Andrew Murr
•  Four Price
•  John Raney
•  Ed Thompson

Reps who have drawn primary opponents, and the opponents they’ve drawn (plus the opponent’s campaign website, where known), are:

•  Steve Allison: Marc LaHood, Michael Champion
•  Ernest Bailes: Janis Holt, Stephen Missick
•  Keith Bell: Joshua Feuerstein
•  DeWayne Burns: Helen Kerwin, Lyndon Laird
•  Travis Clardy: Joanne Shofner
•  Drew Darby: Stormy Bradley
•  Jay Dean: Bonnie Walters, Joe McDaniel
•  Charlie Geren: Jack Reynolds
•  Justin Holland: Dennis London, Katrina Pierson
•  Ken King: Karen Post
•  John Kuempel: Greg Switzer, David Freimarck, Alan Schoolcraft
•  Stan Lambert: Charles Byrn, Liz Case
•  Glenn Rogers: Mike Olcott
•  Hugh Shine: Hillary Hickland, David Ford
•  Reggie Smith: Shelley Luther
•  Gary VanDeaver: Dale Huls, Chris Spencer

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Dade Phelan is still running his idiotic TV campaign ad's 24/7 here, making himself out to look like a conservative messiah. I think he is panicking.

There are about 4 in my Coffee Klatch, who are his consiturents.  And they are 4 who supported him previously, and will be voting for an alternative in '24.