Rep. Tony Gonzales and Texas Speaker Dade Phelan each won by only hundreds of votes.
Tuesday’s primary runoffs in Texas were a victory for the GOP’s establishment — but it was far from a decisive show of force in its ongoing battle with the party’s insurgent hard-right wing.
Taken together, the results presented a portrait of a complicated, dynamic state in political turmoil. Herrera spent $1.3 million on TV ads compared to Gonzales’ $1.9 million, according to the media tracking firm AdImpact. On TV, Gonzales called far-right members of his conference “scumbags” and suggested that they were Klansmen. His comments pushed even more House Republicans to take the rare step of endorsing the opponent of a sitting member.
Goldman had a double-digit lead in the March primary, but it wasn’t enough to avoid a runoff. A super PAC bankrolled by GOP mega-donors Phelan lost the support of the state party after failing to pass big-ticket conservative agenda items like school vouchers and leading impeachment proceedings against Attorney General Ken Paxton. Paxton, who faced felony securities fraud charges, embarked on a revenge campaign against the Beaumont Republican and the incumbents who voted to impeach him. Paxton was acquitted on charges by the state Senate last September.
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