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Gov. Greg Abbott’s Thursday morning endorsement of state Rep. Dustin Burrows of Lubbock is a signal that the Republican establishment in Texas is trying to close ranks in advance of the 2020 elections.
Burrows and House Speaker Dennis Bonnen met in June with a Republican activistwho has since accused them of offering long-sought media passes to the House floor in return for help defeating 10 Republican House incumbents.
Bonnen has denied that allegation from Michael Quinn Sullivan, who heads a group called Empower Texans, a platform from which he regularly goads the state’s elected Republicans as insufficiently conservative.
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- Texas House Republican Caucus.
- Dustin Burrows resigns as Texas House GOP Caucus chairman amid allegations of targeting Republicans.
- The Speaker and the Creeper: Everything You Need to Know About the Craziest Texas Political Scandal in Years.
- Analysis: Dennis Bonnen, Michael Quinn Sullivan and the Texas political roller coaster.
