lynnf
09-07-2009, 10:01 AM
http://www.lubbockonline.com/stories/090609/loc_490258039.shtml
AUSTIN - The bitter gubernatorial race between Republican incumbent Rick Perry and U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison is already worrying high-ranking GOP leaders such as Texas House Speaker Joe Straus.
But another intra-party fight - for control of the Texas Republican Party - is brewing and Tom Mechler of Amarillo is one of the protagonists.
Mechler and Mark McCaig of Katy are challenging state GOP Chairwoman Tina Benkiser in next year's election because, in his opinion, Texas Republicans need a new leader.
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lynn
AUSTIN - The bitter gubernatorial race between Republican incumbent Rick Perry and U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison is already worrying high-ranking GOP leaders such as Texas House Speaker Joe Straus.
But another intra-party fight - for control of the Texas Republican Party - is brewing and Tom Mechler of Amarillo is one of the protagonists.
Mechler and Mark McCaig of Katy are challenging state GOP Chairwoman Tina Benkiser in next year's election because, in his opinion, Texas Republicans need a new leader.
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lynn