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Jill Dutton has narrowly defeated fellow Republican Brent Money in the special election runoff for a Texas House

House leadership–backed Jill Dutton defeated anti-impeachment voucher proponent Brent Money in a special Texas House election.

January 30 is Special Election Day in Hopkins, Hunt, and Van Zandt counties. The race is between Brent Money and Jill Dutton for the seat in District 2 in the State House of Representatives, vacated by the expulsion of former representative Bryan Slaton. Polls will be open from 7:00 am to 7:00 pm.

The contest has served as a bellwether in the Texas GOP’s warring factions.

Competing factions of the GOP have turned a small-stakes Texas House runoff into an all-out proxy war. 

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.

Texas standoff with the feds in Eagle Pass is igniting calls for secession and fears of violence

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.

The race east of the DFW Metroplex between Brent Money and Jill Dutton may preview a larger fight within the GOP in Austin

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