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The Texas Tribune
The Texas Tribune
National
Karen Brooks Harper

Insurgent Republicans make major gains in Texas primaries

Morning sunlight falls on the Texas Capitol dome on Sept. 16, 2023, in Austin.
Tuesday night's primaries will bring significant change to the Texas Capitol. (Credit: Julius Shieh/The Texas Tribune)

Texas voters on Tuesday handed more power to the insurgent wing of the Republican Party in an expensive and vengeful primary election, punishing GOP lawmakers, judges and a House speaker who defied hard-right state leaders and their supporters in recent years.

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