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The Texas GOP Is No Longer Drifting Rightward. It’s Speeding That Way.
There was a time when Don Huffines seemed destined to be a mere footnote in Texas political history. In 2021, the former state senator and Dallas multimillionaire was burning through a mountain of cash from far-right oil tycoon Tim Dunn as part of an almost laughably long shot primary challenge to Governor Greg Abbott. But where others might have retreated to lick their wounds, Huffines declared an early victory: His hard-line campaign, he argued months before any votes were cast, was already a success, having pulled Abbott and the state GOP further right on immigration, COVID-19 orders, and a hodgepodge of other red meat social issues.This was, to Abbott’s camp, a comical notion. “He certainly has an inflated opinion of his stature,” Dave Carney, the…The post The Texas GOP Is No Longer Drifting Rightward. It’s Speeding That Way. appeared first on Texas Monthly.