Daily Dispatch 5/29/24: Runoff Results Bring Good News, And Bad News, And More

Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: The Trump and Paxton-backed hard-right challenge to Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan fails by a very small margin, in a relatively empty win for the GOP's more reasonable wing: https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/texas-runoff-elections-2024/ ...Progress Texas endorsee Lauren Ashley Simmons scores a landslide win over incumbent State House Rep Shawn Thierry in Houston: https://www.fox26houston.com/news/texas-primary-election-runoff-lauren-simmons-unseats-incumbent-shawn-thierry-state-rep-race ...Also by a razor-thin margin, embattled Republican U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales survives a challenge by a gun rights YouTuber: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/tony-gonzales-brandon-herrera-texas-runoff_n_66560247e4b052122749cada ...The runoff between State Senator Molly Cook and State Rep. Jarvis Johnson remains too close to call: https://apps.texastribune.org/features/2024/texas-may-2024-runoff-election-results/ The Amarillo City Council has temporarily deferred a decision on a petition-based abortion travel ban: https://www.texastribune.org/2024/05/28/amarillo-abortion-travel-ban/ ...While anti-abortion activist OB/GYN Dr. Ingrid Skop, now on the state maternal moribidity committee, once testified before Congress in favor of forcing nine year old rape victims to carry pregnancies to term: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/23/texas-anti-abortion-activist The Dallas Morning News editorial board advocates for political support for clean energy: https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/editorials/2024/05/29/as-storms-devastate-texas-must-work-towards-clean-energy-future/ Progress Texas could use your help in funding our trip to June's Texas Democratic Convention in El Paso - thanks in advance! https://progresstexas.org/donate Progress Texas invites progressive candidates to share their views with us - which we'll then share with our statewide audience - via our Certified Progressive questionnaire: https://progresstexas.org/blog/progress-texas-certified-progressives-2024-progressive-values-questionnaire Instagram users: be sure to enable political content on that platform, which has begun opting users out: https://x.com/ProgressTX/status/1771276124498100667?s=20 Thanks for listening! Find our web store and other ways to support our important work this election year at https://progresstexas.org/.