Rep. Lynn Stucky headed to runoff in Republican primary for Texas House District 64
Rep. Lynn Stucky is headed to a runoff against Andy Hopper in the Republican primary for Texas House District 64.
Hopper got a big boost in votes from Wise County to receive 46.66% of the vote compared to 42.92 for Stucky. Elaine Hays received 10.05% The district covers part of Denton County and all of Wise County.
If no candidates gets more than 50%, the top two vote-getters will advance to a May 28 runoff election.
This is one of several state legislative races in which Republican party battles over the impeachment of Attorney General Ken Paxton have played a central role. Paxton has endorsed 34 challengers to Republican state House incumbents who supported impeachment, including software engineer Andy Hopper in the House District 64 race.
Stucky was one of 60 Republicans who voted in May 2023 to send articles of impeachment against Paxton over to the Senate for trial. Paxton was accused of abusing his office to benefit real estate investor Nate Paul.
While he was acquitted after a two week trial in the Senate, Paxton is still facing a criminal securities fraud case, which is set to go to trial in mid-April. He’s also facing a whistleblower lawsuit from ex-employees who allege Paxton retaliated against them for reporting alleged corruption to the FBI.
Paxton tried to wrap up the whistleblower suit in January by announcing his office wouldn’t contest the former employee’s claims. That prompted some Republicans in the state legislature, including Stucky, to call for a reopening of the impeachment case.
“Given the Attorney General’s recent admission of guilt in a public court document, I believe the impeachment should be reconsidered,” Stucky said in the Star-Telegram candidate questionnaire.
This story was originally published March 5, 2024 at 7:02 PM.
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