Howdy! Ben Rowen, 10:00 A.m. Welcome to the Texas Monthly primary live blog! Election Day is finally upon us, after a seemingly interminable campaign season. Electioneering started more than nine months ago, after the Texas House impeached Ken Paxton and rejected Greg Abbott’s school voucher program for the first time. Those two seismic events widened deep rifts in the GOP and inspired a spate of primary challengers. In the interim, our politics has gone full Mad Libs. High-profile GOP operatives met with a neo-Nazi, a lawmaker (allegedly) proposed a duel with agriculture commissioner Sid Miller, and a candidate sent out a mailer to voters in his district accusing himself of kicking puppies. Democracy might die in darkness, but the daylight isn’t proving that nurturing either. …
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