Live Breaking News & Updates on Senator Elect Springer

by Megan Gray-Hatfield
Staff writer
Dec 21, 2020
Dec 21, 2020
Cooke County Judge Jason Brinkley has thrown his hat into the ring for the upcoming Texas House District 68 race.
Brinkley made the announcement on social media and via press release Sunday afternoon, Dec. 20.
The HD-68 seat is held by Rep. Drew Springer, R-Muenster. However, Springer was elected to the Texas Senate District 30 seat in a special election runoff Saturday, Dec. 19, beating his opponent Shelley Luther of Pilot Point.
Springer is expected to turn in his resignation for his current post soon, creating a vacancy for HD-68 and another special election.
As of press time, Gov. Greg Abbott had not announced when the HD-68 election would be, according to Cooke County Clerk Pam Harrison. ....

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