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Related: About this forumRepublicans Shelley Luther, Drew Springer head to runoff in special election to replace state Sen.
Republicans Shelley Luther, Drew Springer head to runoff in special election to replace state Sen. Pat FallonRepublicans Shelley Luther and Drew Springer are advancing to a runoff in the special election to replace state Sen. Pat Fallon, R-Prosper, according to unofficial election returns.
Each was getting about 32% of the vote late Tuesday in the six-way special election, with all polling locations reporting. Luther is the Dallas salon owner who was jailed earlier this year after refusing to close her business due to coronavirus restrictions, and Springer is the state representative from Muenster. The runoff has yet to be scheduled.
The sole Democratic candidate, Jacob Minter, was trailing in third with 21% of the vote. None of the other three candidates broke double digits.
Tensions were already running high between Luther and Springer, and the runoff is poised to be even more contentious. Addressing supporters shortly after 10 p.m. in Aubrey, Luther sought to prepare them for a brutal second round.
Read more: https://theeagle.com/news/state-and-regional/republicans-shelley-luther-drew-springer-head-to-runoff-in-special-election-to-replace-state-sen/article_fd3a3fa2-f4d9-5272-9c3f-44043611e198.html
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Republicans Shelley Luther, Drew Springer head to runoff in special election to replace state Sen. (Original Post)
TexasTowelie
Sep 2020
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It occurred to me last night that that district is quite a distance from her Dallas salon.
tanyev
Sep 2020
#1
My recollection is that she bought some ranchland after a divorce last year.
TexasTowelie
Sep 2020
#2
tanyev
(42,360 posts)1. It occurred to me last night that that district is quite a distance from her Dallas salon.
Has she always lived in that district? That's a heck of a commute to her business.
TexasTowelie
(111,312 posts)2. My recollection is that she bought some ranchland after a divorce last year.
I believe that her ranch has some exotic animals there.
Here is the thread I posted in May.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/107846568
tanyev
(42,360 posts)3. Thanks for the reminder. How very convenient for her.
I assumed I was going to get to vote in that election. It wasn't until I went looking for a sample ballot that I realized how far north the district is and that I am not in it. I hope everyone who voted for the Dem will hold their nose and vote for Drew Springer in the runoff. I've never seen an election that didn't go through a primary first in Texas.
Shell_Seas
(3,319 posts)4. Springer and Luther are cut from the same cloth and they both suck.