‘RINO’ Texas House Speaker in Major Election Trouble After Trump-Backed Opponent Forces Runoff
A Trump-backed challenger has forced Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan into a runoff election.
According to CBS, challenger David Covey won 46 percent of the vote against Phelan’s 43 percent. Because neither candidate reached the 50 percent mark in the three-way race, a runoff will be held.
Covey is a former chairman of the Orange County Republican Party.
He has the support of Attorney General Ken Paxton, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller and former President Donald Trump, according to the Texas Tribune.
“This has been a disastrous night for Dade Phelan,” Patrick said, according to The New York Times.
