Early voting closes, and the stakes couldn’t be clearer. We lay out why primaries—not the general—decide whether Texas stands on firm conservative ground or slides into soft compromise, then test that claim against a live case in TX-07 where donor histories and crossover dynamics raise hard questions about trust. If you’ve ever wondered how open primaries, low turnout, and carefully branded candidates can bend a platform, this segment connects the dots with receipts. We pivot local and go de...