Richardson businessman and pastor Ryan Binkley on Tuesday withdrew from the GOP primary runoff for a North Texas congressional district redrawn for Republicans, leaving conservative attorney Jace Yarbrough as the GOP nominee and presumptive next congressman.
Binkley, who ran a quixotic presidential campaign in 2024, finished second in the March 3 Republican primary for Texas’ 32nd Congressional District. He received 22% of the vote to Yarbrough’s 49%, narrowly forcing a runoff.
But hours before the deadline for candidates to withdraw from the May 26 runoff ballot, Binkley announced he would drop out of the race and back Yarbrough.
