Recent polls indicate that House Speaker Dade Phelan's popularity is plummeting in his district.
Two polls conducted by CWS Research, LLC, a veteran-owned general consulting and data analytics firm hired by Defend Texas Liberty PAC, show Phelan's favorability has dropped by roughly half after the 88th general legislative session.
Both polls surveyed likely 2024 Texas Republican primary voters in Texas House District 21.
The second poll was conducted over Memorial Day weekend, the same weekend House members voted to impeach Attorney General Ken Paxton after the results of an investigation conducted by House committee members appointed by Phelan were made public.
Instead of launching an investigation into Phelan, the committee announced it was levying 20 articles of impeachment against Paxton and the House had 48 hours to vote.
Jonathan Stickland, president of Defend Texas Liberty PAC, said, "These polling numbers are devastating for Dade Phelan. He's chosen to go to war with Republicans this session and it has clearly cost him with his voters. Every poll I've seen has shown similar problems for incumbent RINO Republicans. I've never seen a speaker as vulnerable as Dade Phelan is today."
Sen. John Cornyn, a former Texas attorney general, said the House committee report was "Deeply troubling." He told reporters last week, "The fact that this has come this far with the Republicans controlling both the House and the Senate and a Republican attorney general tells you that this is serious enough that people are looking past party labels to try to see what we need to do to preserve the public trust and integrity of the institution."
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