Rep. Dan Flynn faced off against businessman Bryan Slaton for a third time as the State House race moves toward a May runoff.
Lacey Hull, who was endorsed by Governor Greg Abbott, won the GOP primary outright in the race to replace retiring State Rep. Dwayne Bohac as Democrats prepare for a runoff in May.
The dispute between GOP candidate Josh Flynn and the Harris County Republican Party comes amid a competitive race to succeed retiring Rep. Dwayne Bohac.
John Zerwas, a physician and powerful lawmaker, accepted a job offer from the University of Texas and will leave the legislature for the academic institution this fall.
The Dallas County seat held by Rep. Angie Chen Button will be a hotly contested race in 2020 as Texas Democrats look to gain the state house majority.
Only nine seats shy of the majority in the state house, Texas Democrats will attempt to flip this Dallas and Highland Park district next year.
A top target for Texas Republicans going into 2020, this district encompasses Hays and Blanco counties and flipped to the Democrats in 2018.
The post-session study of where state house lawmakers fall on the ideological spectrum has been released by Rice University fellow Mark Jones.
