Two Democratic incumbents who switched districts after a new Texas map was released won their primaries Tuesday, as did a Republican who came under fire for calling some of the conservatives in his party “grifters.”
But another Republican who opposed overturning the 2020 election results and supported an independent Jan. 6 commission faces a runoff to keep his seat, as does one of the last remaining anti-abortion Democrats.
Texas gained two seats through reapportionment, and many other districts, in both parties, became less competitive through redistricting, so primaries — and the runoffs that follow in May if no one gets over 50 percent — effectively decide who gets elected in November.
