U.S. Rep. Van Taylor, R-Plano, is on the verge of a primary runoff after facing a group of challengers attacking his vote for a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 insurrection. TX2022
On the Democratic side, U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Laredo, was staring down a likely runoff against challenger Jessica Cisneros.
Taylor, a former state senator, was first elected in 2018 to Texas’ 3rd Congressional District in the Dallas suburbs. He faced a competitive general-election battle last year, campaigning as “Mr. Bipartisan,” but redistricting made his seat more safe for the GOP — and more fertile ground for primary opposition.
Taylor had a massive fundraising advantage over his challengers throughout the primary. But outside money poured in at the end, as one super PAC, Defeating Communism PAC, spent over $400,000 on an anti-Taylor campaign, plastering the district with signs saying he Taylor “betrayed us.” An array of groups came to Taylor’s aid at the end, including the Congressional Leadership Fund, the top super PAC aligned with House GOP leadership.
Both Taylor and Luttrell are running in districts that are solidly Republican and unlikely to change party control in November. “Monica’s victory ensures this district will be a prime pickup opportunity for Republicans in the fall,” CLF’s president, Dan Conston, said in a statement, adding that he is “confident she will flip this seat red in November.”
In safer blue territory, progressives were celebrating the decisive outright win by Greg Casar, the former Austin City Council member. He got 62% in the four-way primary for the 35th Congressional District, an open seat after U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett, D-Austin, decided to run for reelection in a new neighboring district.
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