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Abbott has so far been silent as Phelan battles for political survival in a tough primary runoff.

The two state leaders and other prominent Republicans, like Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and former president Donald Trump, endorsed challengers in dozens of races citing the incumbents’ disloyalty to the party.

Phelan was neck and neck with GOP challenger David Covey with votes still being counted.

Divisions among Republicans are in stark display, some of Texas’ most senior members of Congress are retiring and Democrats are hoping to unseat Sen. Ted Cruz.

Texans For Lawsuit Reform and pro-voucher groups are also spending millions.

District 71 is one of three-dozen Texas House races where statewide Republicans are trying to oust incumbents from their own party. Lambert says he knows his constituents better than they do.

The attorney general has tried to supplant eight Republican judges on the court after they rejected his efforts to unilaterally prosecute voter fraud. The judges are now pushing back.

A Tennessee man arrested Monday hoped to travel to the southern border with a militia group that allegedly plotted to go "to war with the border patrol"