Daily Dispatch 5/28/24: Primary Runoff Election TODAY, and More

Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:

Today is ELECTION DAY for the Texas primary runoffs! If you haven't voted yet and have questions: https://govotetexas.org/

For an election that statistically very few Texans will actually show up for, there's a ton at stake: https://www.texastribune.org/2024/05/28/texas-election-primary-runoff/

...The main theme of the runoff is the internal war being waged for the soul of the Texas Republican Party: https://www.economist.com/united-states/2024/05/27/texass-republicans-eat-their-own

The final platform emerging from last week's Texas Republican Convention is a study in conservative extremism: https://www.statesman.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/05/27/texas-republicans-adopts-conservative-wish-list-for-the-2024-platform/73858798007/

...The state GOP has crazied itself out of almost all of its corporate convention sponsors: https://www.cnbc.com/2024/05/24/trump-republican-convention-splits-with-corporate-sponsors-.html⁠

...Texas Republicans select a new chair in Abraham George, who we last saw heading out with a gun to confront a man he suspected of sleeping with his wife: https://www.texastribune.org/2024/05/24/texas-republican-party-chair-abraham-george/

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