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Dade Phelan, David Covey head for seismic GOP primary runoff

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The Texas House speaker is fighting to keep his political career alive and send a message of defiance to his party’s right flank.

About two weeks after the March 5 primary, House Speaker Dade Phelan hosted an event at the Austin Club with lobbyists and House members to chart a path forward after a difficult election for incumbent House Republican s. A record nine members lost their primaries, and eight were sent to runoffs — including Phelan, who has run the House for two sessions and is the main target of right-wing Republican s’ efforts to push the lower chamber further to the right.

In GOP primary, House Speaker Dade Phelan fights off claims he's not conservative enough The roughly 150 people in the room were anxious to hear Phelan’s vision for the next two months, unsure what the primary drubbing meant for lobbyists’ priorities and House members’ ongoing projects. A few House members spoke to the crowd first, including Rep. Drew Darby of San Angelo, who was one of just two targeted House Republicans to survive his primary challenge outright.

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