Texas Scorecard by Sydnie Henry December 29, 2025
A legal battle between the party and Secretary of State Jane Nelson continues to play out in the courts.Republican Party of Texas leaders are pressing ahead with a high‑stakes legal battle to close the state’s GOP primaries, arguing that Democrats and independents should no longer be allowed to help choose Republican nominees.
The effort has pitted the party and Attorney General Ken Paxton against Secretary of State Jane Nelson, who is spending more than $1 million in public funds to defend Texas’ current open primary system in federal court.
The Republican Party of Texas adopted Rule 46 in 2024, requiring that only voters registered as Republicans be allowed to vote in GOP primaries in order to implement closed primaries.
Party Chairman Abraham George says the move follows years of grassroots complaints about “Democrat interference” in key races and honors a 2024 primary ballot proposition in which 73 percent of GOP voters endorsed closing the primaries.
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