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BEAUMONT
— If past is prologue, Dade Phelan’s return to the Texas House would be all but guaranteed. Over five terms, he has never once drawn a reelection opponent, ascending to become the first House speaker from Beaumont, leading the lower chamber as it drifted further to the right.
But a tumultuous 2023 exposed deep fissures within the Republican Party, exacerb...