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Clean-Energy Money Defeats Chip Roy in Texas AG Runoff

5/31/2026

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Rep. Chip Roy lost the Texas primary runoff for attorney general after clean-energy investors spent $1.1 million on ads portraying him as insufficiently loyal to U.S. President Donald Trump.
Conservative state Senator Mayes Middleton, the winner, attacked Rep. Chip Roy for lacking loyalty to U.S. President Donald Trump.
Invest in Tomorrow Coalition PAC says it has $15 million to support pro-clean-energy candidates nationwide and to build a congressional majority regardless of party.

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Rep. Chip Roy lost the Texas primary runoff for attorney general after clean-energy investors spent $1.1 million on ads portraying him as insufficiently loyal to U.S. President Donald Trump.
Conservative state Senator Mayes Middleton, the winner, attacked Rep. Chip Roy for lacking loyalty to U.S. President Donald Trump.
Invest in Tomorrow Coalition PAC says it has $15 million to support pro-clean-energy candidates nationwide and to build a congressional majority regardless of party.