… caucus, they potentially will be the nominee of the Republican Caucus and hopefully that translates to the next speaker of the House. What are we hearing from the state party? State party is very interested in this. They know there's a lot at stake. And it's more at stake just than the Texas House. It's also a national play. I mean, like I said, the House Democratic, you know, coalition would love to see Texas go blue. They'd love to, you know, we're about to be in redistricting. (04:59–05:06)
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Claims the state party sees the speaker selection process as having national implications.
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