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About two months ago, Brent Money’s campaign was confident.

Party leaders want to close primaries to preclude Democrats from crossing over to vote for moderate candidates. The data shows that few do so.

The last day to register to vote in the upcoming March primary elections is Monday. Early voting will begin on Feb. 20 and continue through March 1 ahead of the

Money fell short in the runoff for House District 2, despite winning the support of a who’s who of Texas Republican leaders.

The calls for Texas to defend itself and defy the federal government have set fire to a long-simmering fight over states’ rights, emboldening right-wing figures.

In a hotly contested race in the Special Election to fill  the State House District 2 seat left vacant when former representative Bryan Slaton was expelled, Jill Dutton narrowly defeated Brent Money. The unofficial final count was 6,830 for Dutton to 6,719 for  Money. DUtton won in Hopkins and Van Z

The Texas governors endorsed candidate in House District 2 lost the special election runoff.

In a razor-close race seen as a proxy fight for a larger fight within the GOP, Jill Dutton defeated Brent Money by 107 votes.

Jill Dutton eked out a slim win Tuesday over Brent Money in the Texas House District 2 special election runoff but she’ll likely be right back on the campaign trail

Republican Jill Dutton defeated Greenville lawyer Brent Money in a runoff in District 2.