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by 0cf8612b2e1e 758 days ago
Here[0] is a recent story of Texas billionaires who can more or less can pick the representatives they want

  Hours before the Texas House overwhelmingly voted to impeach Ken Paxton in May, a well-funded supporter of the attorney general issued a threat to his fellow Republicans.

  A vote to impeach Paxton, Jonathan Stickland wrote on Twitter, “is a decision to have a primary.”

  “Wait till you see my PAC budget,” he later added.

  Stickland is the leader of Defend Texas Liberty, a political action committee that has donated millions    of dollars to far-right candidates in the state. It is a key part of the constellation of political campaigns, institutions and dark-money groups that a trio of West Texas oil tycoons — Tim Dunn and brothers Farris and Dan Wilks — have pumped small fortunes into as part of a long-term crusade to push Texas to the extreme right.
[0] https://www.texastribune.org/2023/07/24/ken-paxton-impeachme...