New: After serving in the position for three legislative sessions, state Rep. Chris Turner said Thursday he will not seek another term as chair of the House Democratic Caucus.
The following session, Democrats picked up 12 seats in the House, and Republican leaders felt compelled to stay away from red meat social issues and focus on kitchen table issues like property taxes and public school finance.
At the end of that session, Democrats and Republicans in the House said they had worked in a bipartisan way to make lives better for the people of Texas. But after Republicans held off a Democratic House takeover in 2020, GOP lawmakers felt voters had given them a mandate and pushed bills on controversial social issues like abortion, gun laws and dictating what teams transgender student athletes should play on.'s far-right extreme agenda and we responded accordingly with every way we know how," Turner said."It's cyclic.
Turner, who is white, at times received criticism for being the leader of a caucus made up mostly of people of color. He was also criticized for being too willing to negotiate with Republican leaders who more progressive members of the caucus said were giving Democrats a raw deal.announced she would run against him for caucus chair. In her announcement, she said she didn't run for the Legislature to"fight losing battles or sit on the sideline" and promised a"new playbook.
Turner said he was proud that the caucus had raised record fundraising hauls and had brought on multiple full-time staff members to help lawmakers navigate issues. He said he was looking forward to the caucus' next leader and would help"him or her and be available in any way I can be helpful.", our multiday celebration of big, bold ideas about politics, public policy and the day’s news — all taking place just steps away from the Texas Capitol from Sept. 22-24.
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