Rep. Dan Crenshaw ousted by primary challenger to his right
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Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-Texas) was ousted by a primary challenger who successfully cast the four-term incumbent as anti-Trump and capitalized on a redrawn district.
State Rep. Steve Toth — who had the backing of Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) — beat Crenshaw on Tuesday night, all but assuring his seat in Congress given the district’s safe-red bend.
Crenshaw was the only incumbent GOP representative in Texas without President Donald Trump’s support and had at times split with the president, including in his criticism of Trump’s refusal to accept his 2020 election loss. And Toth, with Cruz’s help, focused his campaign on casting Crenshaw as insufficiently conservative for the district, which was redrawn in the GOP’s recent Texas redistricting push.
“You deserve an unwavering fighter, a Republican who walks the walk,” Cruz said in a recent ad for Toth .
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Rep. Dan Crenshaw ousted by primary challenger to his right State Rep. Steve Toth cast him as insufficiently conservative for the Texas district. President Donald Trump declined to endorse. Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-Texas) speaks with reporters outside the U.S. Capitol, on Feb. 6, 2024. | Francis Chung/POLITICO By Andrew Howard 03/04/2026 01:01 AM EST Updated: 03/04/2026 01:03 AM EST Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-Texas) was ousted by a primary challenger who successfully cast the four-term incumbent as anti-Trump and capitalized on a redrawn district. State Rep. Steve Toth — who had the backing of Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) — beat Crenshaw on Tuesday night, all but assuring his seat in Congress given the district’s safe-red bend. Crenshaw was the only incumbent GOP representative in Texas without President Donald Trump’s support and had at times split with the president, including in his criticism of Trump’s refusal to accept his 2020 election loss. And Toth, with Cruz’s help, focused his campaign on casting Crenshaw as insufficiently conservative for the district, which was redrawn in the GOP’s recent Texas redistricting push. “You deserve an unwavering fighter, a Republican who walks the walk,” Cruz said in a recent ad for Toth . Watch: The Conversation Senator Slotkin on why Dems need their own 'Project 2029' | The Conversation Most Read Tillis threatens to hijack Senate business amid frustrations with Noem ‘Pretty Bad for Vance’: The VP’s Silence on Iran Peeves Allies Supreme Court sides with parents in lawsuit over California’s ban on ‘forced outing’ of students This House Democrat may lose her primary over past support for Israel Trump to POLITICO: Iran is ’running out of launchers’
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