Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan's political career is at a critical juncture with a primary runoff against David Covey shaping the Texas Republican Party. Casino interests, including Miriam Adelson, are heavily involved in funding campaigns, with significant amounts being contributed to various candidates. Phelan is receiving support from prominent donors like Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and facing challenges from casino magnates.
Dade Phelan and David Covey vying for votes at the polls as the race for Texas House Representative District 21 heats up https://t.co/aq5zy6GKuH
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick donates $100,000 to Speaker Dade Phelan’s campaign opponent https://t.co/NDvGkW0lG4
Dade Phelan, House incumbents receive major fundraising boost from casino magnate. https://t.co/LTDVeAY155
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Billionaire casino interests have dropped large amounts of money in the final weeks of the primary runoff campaign to help House Speaker Dade Phelan and some of his allies. You can find the full story through the link below: https://t.co/3IqJPTZ7Em https://t.co/1NUQ0KS2Un
Who is funding Dade Phelan? Who wants the Texas House that badly? His failed attempt to remove AG Paxton left a bad taste in the mouths of many Texans. https://t.co/qVxjaJIK9A
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Texas Republicans rally to defend Dade Phelan from the far right. Phelan’s primary has emerged as a last stand for the Republican Party’s business-minded establishment against an insurgency primarily motivated by social and cultural issues. https://t.co/2aNxr9OWRZ
Top #HD21 donors since #txlege primary... Phelan: -Alan Hassenflu, $100k -Raymond Hunt, $100k -Texas Sands, $100k -Kelcy Warren, $100k -$50k from Miriam Adelson, Patrick Dumont, Woody Hunt, Robert Latham, Allen Nye Covey: -Alex Fairly, $500k -TUCM, $425k -@DanPatrick, $100k https://t.co/ZvF5bQHEQA
Texans United for a Conservative Majority (formerly @DefendTXLiberty) raised and spent $4 million since the primary: -$450k to @DavidLowe4Texas -$200k to @CoveyTX -$165k on TV in #HD30 & #HD91 #txlege https://t.co/ZPa1KVGurZ
Miriam Adelson is hoping to gain some ground on casino gambling in these runoffs, putting $9 MM into the new Texas Defense PAC. TDP put $3.4 MM so far behind @DadePhelan, @FrazierForTexas, @justinaholland, @repjohnkuempel, and @JohnMcQueeneyTX. #txlege https://t.co/MpM8eEquA1
Miriam Adelson is hoping to gain some ground on casino gambling in these runoffs, putting $9 MM into the newly formed Texas Defense PAC. The group put $3.4 MM so far behind @FrazierForTexas, @justinaholland, @repjohnkuempel, and @JohnMcQueeneyTX. #txlege https://t.co/MpM8eEquA1
Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan's political career—and the direction of the Texas Republican Party—could largely be shaped by the result of a primary runoff next week between Phelan and David Covey. https://t.co/GOO6kyTDPs
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