Good morning!

Taking a quick break from the rush of the legislative session’s waning days, our One Click Survey is a historical match-up pitting two GOP presidential tickets against each other: George W. Bush vs. Donald Trump.

Check it out at the conclusion of today's Texas Minute.

– Michael Quinn Sullivan 

Tuesday, May 25, 2021
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• Despite being scheduled for March 1, delays in census data needed for redistricting will likely cause the 2022 primary elections to be postponed – perhaps until the end of May 2022 or into July. Iris Poole reports the Census data was originally expected to be distributed at the beginning of 2021, but the Biden administration said the delays in distribution were due to restrictions from COVID that slowed the process of data collection.
   
• “The delay in the primary is good for conservative challengers and bad for incumbents. The longer a challenger has to communicate to voters, the more equal the playing field of competition,” explained political observer Luke Macias.
     

• In 2012, extended election deadlines provided more potential for candidates, creating new fundraising patterns and allowing more time for otherwise unknown candidates to attract attention. In the election, Ted Cruz finished in the top two in the U.S. Senate primary, despite not having previously held any elected office and being largely unknown at the time. Cruz then won the seat in a runoff election.
   

• Texas doesn’t have a U.S. Senate seat on the ballot in 2022, but nearly all of the statewide offices will be up for election – including the offices of the governor, lieutenant governor, and attorney general.

• Greg Abbott is a fraud… that was the assertion of Fox News host Tucker Carlson this weekend. Joshua Pierce has the story.
      

• Over the weekend, the mayor of Uvalde—a Texas town near the Mexican border—appeared on Tucker Carlson Today to give a closeup analysis of the border crisis. The mayor discussed how Biden’s border policy has resulted in virtually open borders, leading to a crime increase and endangering everyone from police to school children.
     

• “Gov. Abbott strikes me as a total fraud,” said Carlson. “He could just say, ‘This is our state. It’s the state of Texas, and we’re not putting up with this crap, and we’re gonna seal our border because it’s our state.’ But he’s refusing to do that.”

• Texas is one signature away from being the 21st state in the nation to enact a constitutional carry law. Jacob Asmussen reports that after a long and rocky journey, the long-sought priority of the Republican Party of Texas has now passed both chambers of the Legislature and is heading to the desk of Gov. Greg Abbott for his signature.
       
• “The simple truth is that those that intend evil, those who are criminals, don’t care what [the legislature] does in this building. They haven’t in the past, and they won’t in the future. We are charged with defending the freedoms that are owed to Texans and guaranteed by the Constitution.” – State Rep. Matt Schaefer (R-Tyler), author of HB 1927

• Barring a last-ditch “Hail Mary” effort consisting of a series of unprecedented actions by the Texas House, legislation to prohibit gender modification surgeries and treatments for children will not be brought up for a vote in the House during this regular session. Jeramy Kitchen explains the procedural and political maneuvering that has been occurring since last Friday. That’s when Republican Jeff Leach of Allen threw the legislation’s fate – and the final days of session – into disarray in his bid to help Democrats advance their criminal justice bills.
     
• The only real hope for the issue to be addressed before the 2023 legislative session would be if Gov. Abbott calls a special session.

• As the June 5 local runoff election approaches, as well as the anniversary of the death of George Floyd, Fort Worth mayoral candidate Mattie Parker said that if elected “defunding the police will not happen under my watch.” Robert Montoya has the details.
   
• Her opponent, Democrat Deborah Peoples, has expressed her support for the “defund police” movement. Peoples is also associated with the far-left activist group United Fort Worth, which also supports raiding taxpayer money from law enforcement to spend elsewhere.

ONE CLICK SURVEY

Pretend a special election for the presidency is called and the GOP must bring back one of two “teams” to replace Biden-Harris. Which GOP ticket do you pick?

Once you’ve clicked an answer, reply to this email with any thoughts you’d like to share!

Today’s question was inspired by reader Robby Hurt.

Today In History

On May 25, 1787, the constitutional convention began work in Philadelphia in response to the failings of the Articles of Confederation that had been adopted during the War of Independence. The 55 delegates ended up producing the Constitution of the United States.