"In East Texas they also vaulted her to the top in a March primary, where she won 48 percent of the vote."

Sweet Jesus!

Trust me, they get ridiculed in the major metropolitan areas

yet turns out to be a delusional, racist piece of shit...fancy that...

Was cuckoo.

this has the been teh winning formula across the Red South. No matter what might have said or done in teh past,,,Just proclaim u r a "Obama Fighting Fool" and ur success is guaranteed at the voting booth.

Education Secretary?

Trump will want 20 year old super models to be his secretaries. Does the Education Secretary have to take dictation?

She's got the complete package of Republican values.

to look for flying pigs.

This has been happening more frequently lately. Some of the nuttier ones are losing out to slightly-less-nutty challengers, even in the redder parts of the state. In the bluer parts - mostly the cities and the Valley - Democrats are slowly making some inroads. If not for gerrymandering (thanks, Tom Delay), the shift would be more apparent.

The Travis County GOP is currently trying to unseat their own party chair after they figured out that he's an Alex Jones wannabe.

Of course, we're still stuck with idiots like Gohmert, but it has to start somewhere.

There's a chance he's not much better.

and couldn't find many specifics about his positions, other than that he is in favor of local control in lieu of federal ( no surprise for Texas). He states that he supports science (he is a chiropractor). He is also a pentacostal, so it remains to be seen whether his personal religious beliefs will intrude on his oversight of secular education.

I went to college out there for 5 years. Number one in the nation for incest. The bible belt is thickest in E. Tx. I worked at Mal-Wart and endured lots of N----- jokes from the boss. There was a sign near a town out there that stood until the 40's or 50's that said, "N-----, don't let the sun set on you here." It was an unbearable place to live, at times.

I am thrilled that this awful woman lost by such a large margin. The SBOE does not need any more wack-a-loons.

She lost by 18 points, a sweet defeat regardless.

Admittedly there were less than 30,000 votes cast in the Republican run-off election, but it was still delightful to see Ms. Bruner get drubbed. 😀

Now, THAT'S crazy!