Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan emerged victorious Tuesday over a well-funded challenger endorsed by Donald Trump and his allies.Phelan defeated former Orange County Republican Party chairman David Covey, who also had the backing of Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, Attorney General Ken Paxton and former Texas Republican Party Chairman Matt Rinaldi. In doing so, he avoided the fate of becoming the f...
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