Republican delegates on May 24, the second day of the Texas GOP Convention, in San Antonio.

Abraham George, of Collin County, was seen with delegates after being declared the new chairman of the Texas GOP at its convention in San Antonio.

Republican delegates on the second day of the Texas GOP Convention in May in San Antonio.

Republican delegates to the Texas GOP Convention in San Antonio.

Delegates on the second day of the Texas GOP Convention in May in San Antonio.

Republican delegates from Texas were seen debating legislative issues on the second day of the Texas GOP Convention on May 24, 2024, in San Antonio, Texas.

Texas Republicans have a clever idea to guarantee they remain in power, even if their candidates can’t win the popular vote in statewide elections.

Delegates to the state party convention have ratified a new platform that would change how statewide officials, from governor to land commissioner, are chosen. To take office, a candidate would have to win the popular vote in a majority of Texas’s 254 counties.

The proposal, akin to the federal Electoral College, would give voters in Loving County, population 64, more power than those in Harris County, where 4.7 million people live. King County, with 265 people, would wield a vote equivalent to Bexar, with 2 million.

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Does this sound like a political party that has won every statewide election for 26 years? Or a party that has confidence in its electoral........

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