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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.
Presidential candidate Nikki Haley has talked openly about targeting states like Texas that have open primaries to get a boost over Trump.
Competing factions of the GOP have turned a small-stakes Texas House runoff into an all-out proxy war.
Texas Republicans are increasingly debating who should be allowed to vote in their primary as the March 5 contest nears.