The Texas Republican Party’s executive committee voted by a two-to-one margin to go ahead with its plan for an in-person convention in Houston July 16 to 18. The 40-to-20 vote, after nearly three hours of debate, was influenced by the strong feeling among members of the state Republican Executive Committee that a virtual convention is a sorry alternative to the real deal — and that backing off on a live convention would be seen as surrendering to media brow-beating and to a pandemic that is not nearly as deadly as what they consider fear-mongers would have it.

<p>The Texas Republican Party&rsquo;s executive committee voted by a two-to-one margin to go ahead with its plan for an in-person convention in Houston July 16 to 18. The 40-to-20 vote, after nearly three hours of debate, was influenced by the strong feeling among members of the state Republican Executive Committee that a virtual convention is a sorry alternative to the real deal &mdash; and that backing off on a live convention would be seen as surrendering to media brow-beating and to a pandemic that is not nearly as deadly as what they consider fear-mongers would have it.</p>

News Briefs from the Austin American Statesman, Austin, TX

<p>News Briefs from the Austin American Statesman, Austin, TX</p>

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Austin-  Texas GOP moves forward with in-person state convention in Houston

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