Gambling was a winner in the Texas House speaker’s race, and that helps explain a mystery.
After two election cycles in which the president-elect endorsed candidates in Texas even down to the county courthouse level, Donald Trump went silent in the race for one of the two most powerful offices in Texas.
Speaker Dustin Burrows’ victory over Mansfield state Rep. David Cook does not mean slot machines will be coming tomorrow to the Stockyards or Choctaw Stadium.
But having business leaders running the House and not church activists might make it possible someday. A proposal for online sports betting passed the House last session but never came to the Senate floor.
