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Polls closed as Future of Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan gets decided

Booths set up in polling place ready for voters

Photo: SDI Productions / E+ / Getty Images

Polls across Texas for the primary runoffs are now closed. You can follow the results HERE.

The biggest race across the state is a state House race in Beaumont, with state House Speaker Dade Phelan being challenged by the Donald Trump-endorsed David Covey. Brandon Waltens with Texas Scorecard says this doesn't happen very often.

"It's very rare; it's happened one other time - fifty years ago," Waltens said. "We're looking at a very likely Covey win.

Locally, there is a State Senate race rematch on the Democrat side, with Molly Cook being challenged by Jarvis Johnson; Cook won a special election last month in the race to replace John Whitmire, now the Mayor of Houston.

There is one Congressional primary of note, with Texas Republican Tony Gonzalez being challenged by YouTube influencer Brandon Herrera.


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