Alex Fairly, the Amarillo GOP megadonor (and bit of a political naif, at a minimum, at least a year ago) is apparently totally done with Wilks and Dunn, and says he'll sue the state GOP if it carries through on a threat from last year to block by censure from running in next year's primary GOP House legiscritters who broke from the GOP caucus' endorsement of David Cook to vote for Dustin Burrows. Here's the details:
“The discussions taking place by the State Republican Executive Committee to block candidates from appearing on the primary ballot is not only unlawful, it’s disastrous for the Republican Party of Texas,” Fairly said in a statement, in which he vowed to “fully fund” a legal opposition effort.
His own daughter, Housecritter Caroline Fairly, author of the student cellphone bill, could be among those censured and blocked. She has not yet faced official county-level GOP action, but these people have:
So far, county parties have initiated censures against at least eight state representatives: Angie Chen Button of Garland, Giovanni Capriglione of Southlake, Charlie Geren of Fort Worth, Cody Harris of Palestine, Stan Lambert of Abilene, John McQueeney of Fort Worth, Morgan Meyer of University Park, Angelia Orr of Itasca.
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Interestingly, Texas GOP head Abraham George, who was an early pusher of the censure-and-block idea, is now playing buddy-buddy with Burrows, at least for public consumption.
Per the story, the State Republican Executive Committee could officially start the process at a meeting in October.
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