Good morning,

When elections don’t go their way, the Democrats always scream “voter suppression.” Well, the Democrats did it to themselves in Harris County.

Here is today's Texas Minute.

– Michael Quinn Sullivan 

Thursday, March 5, 2020
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• By way of update... when the final votes were tallied early Wednesday morning, August Pfluger earned an outright win in west Texas’ Congressional District 11 primary contest to replace the retiring U.S. Rep. Mike Conway (R-Midland). Pfluger’s feat is all the more impressive because he was one of 10 very active candidates in the race. Matt Stringer has the details.
      
• Brandon Waltens unpacks the unexpected defeat of Railroad Commissioner member Ryan Sitton by political newcomer Jim Wright. The most recent campaign finance reports show Sitton has a campaign war chest of $2.2 million, while Wright had less than $13,000. The unknown challenger bested the incumbent endorsed by Gov. Greg Abbott, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, and numerous conservative groups.
      
• The hotly contested four-way race to replace outgoing State Rep. Mike Lang (R-Granbury) is headed to a runoff. Longtime conservative activist Jon Francis will compete for the Republican nomination in House District 60 against Glenn Rogers, who originally entered the race to challenge Lang from the left as a candidate of the establishment. Cary Cheshire reports Francis immediately garnered the endorsement of third-place contender Kellye SoRelle, a Hood County activist.
      
• Erin Anderson put in overtime duty to recap the results from Dallas County and Collin County. Significantly, Collin County Precinct 3 Commissioner Darrell Hale bested the former mayor of Allen, Steve Terrell, in a hotly contested race. Conservative activist Hale earned 56 percent of the vote against the establishment-recruited Terrell. Erin also provides a review of Beth Van Duyne’s outright win in a five-way congressional race.
      
• Think one vote doesn't matter? Yes, it does. In fact, as Jacob Asmussen reports, only one vote is deciding which candidate will make the runoff race for an important Texas House seat in central Texas.
   
• Robert Montoya reviews the primary results in Tarrant County and Denton County, while Thomas Warren looks at the Amarillo-area returns – including a special focus on the Congressional District 13 runoff.

• As predicted by many observers, Harris County’s primary elections were a mess – marked by long lines until well after midnight. But...
          
• Any Democrats crying about “voter suppression” in Harris County should be roundly mocked; Harris County’s elections are run by Democrats. Anyone repeating the claims of “voter suppression” there – such as the establishment media, various presidential candidates, etc. – is either willfully stupid, or as ignorant as a Democrat-made brick.
        
• Repeat after me: “Do Not Let Democrats Run Anything.” They make really bad decisions, about everything.