Trump-backed candidate wins GOP primary runoff for new Texas House seat
Briscoe Cain and win the GOP primary for Texas’s newly drawn 9th Congressional District, according to Decision Desk HQ. Mealer, who was supported by some House GOP leadership, beat Cain, who was endorsed by Gov. Greg Abbott (R), in the GOP primary for a Houston-area House seat.
- ▪Briscoe Cain and win the GOP primary for Texas’s newly drawn 9th Congressional District, according to Decision Desk HQ.
- ▪Mealer, who was supported by some House GOP leadership, beat Cain, who was endorsed by Gov.
- ▪Greg Abbott (R), in the GOP primary for a Houston-area House seat.
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Campaign Trump-backed candidate wins GOP primary runoff for new Texas House seat Comments: by Caroline Vakil - 05/26/26 8:25 PM ET Comments: Link copied by Caroline Vakil - 05/26/26 8:25 PM ET Comments: Link copied NOW PLAYING Former oil and gas executive Alex Mealer, who was backed by President Trump, is projected to defeat state Rep. Briscoe Cain and win the GOP primary for Texas’s newly drawn 9th Congressional District, according to Decision Desk HQ. Mealer, who was supported by some House GOP leadership, beat Cain, who was endorsed by Gov. Greg Abbott (R), in the GOP primary for a Houston-area House seat. The two were forced into a runoff after neither candidate secured more than half of the vote outright in the crowded March primary.
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