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Trump-backed candidate wins GOP primary runoff for new Texas House seat
Key takeaways
- Briscoe Cain and win the GOP primary for Texas’s newly drawn 9th Congressional District, according to Decision Desk HQ.
- Mealer, who was supported by some House GOP leadership, beat Cain, who was endorsed by Gov.
- The two were forced into a runoff after neither candidate secured more than half of the vote outright in the crowded March primary.
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Briscoe Cain and win the GOP primary for Texas’s newly drawn 9th Congressional District, according to Decision Desk HQ.
Mealer, who was supported by some House GOP leadership, beat Cain, who was endorsed by Gov. Greg Abbott (R), in the GOP primary for a Houston-area House seat.
The two were forced into a runoff after neither candidate secured more than half of the vote outright in the crowded March primary. Mealer placed first at 36 percent while Cain placed second at 31 percent.
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