The candidate endorsed by Texas Governor Greg Abbott lost his special election runoff race, dealing a blow to the far-right wing of the state's Republican Party. Jill Dutton, the former president of the Republican Women of Van Zandt, defeated Abbott-backed Brent Money, a Greenville lawyer who had previously served on the City Council, in Tuesday's runoff election in House District 2. Dutton will replace former state Representative Bryan Slaton and finish his term, which runs until January 2025. Slaton was expelled in a unanimous vote last year after an investigation found the married lawmaker got a 19-year-old intern drunk and...