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2024 Texas Elections

At odds with Abbott and Paxton, Rep. Stan Lambert is under fire and getting outraised in his GOP primary

District 71 is one of three-dozen Texas House races where statewide Republicans are trying to oust incumbents from their own party. Lambert says he knows his constituents better than they do.

Texas House District 71 Rep. Stan Lambert gestures during an interview at Monk’s Coffee shop in Abilene Thursday Feb. 8, 2024.

Texas House District 71 Rep. Stan Lambert speaks with one of the attendees at monthly meeting of the Texas Retired Teachers Association Region 14 chapter at the Abilene Country Club Feb. Thursday 8, 2024.
Texas House District 71 challenger Liz Case attends the monthly meeting of the Texas Retired Teachers Association Region 14 chapter at the Abilene Country Club Thursday Feb. 8, 2024.
Campaign signs for Texas House District 71 candidate Liz Case are displayed in a pickup at the Abilene Country Club Thursday Feb. 8, 2024. Case and District 71 incumbent Stan Lambert both were attending the monthly meeting of the Texas Retired Teachers Association Region 14 chapter.
“Toothiana”, or the Tooth Fairy, one of the Storybook statues sprinkled throughout downtown Abilene, which is the official Storybook Capital of Texas, Saturday Feb. 10, 2024.
An oak is silhouetted against the sunset along County Road 461 in Callahan County Saturday Feb. 10, 2024. Texas House District 71 saw the addition of the county, which before had only included Taylor, Jones and Nolan counties, after the 2020 census and subsequent redistricting.

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