U.S. Rep. Pat Fallon drops Texas Senate bid, will run again for Congress.
Fallon, who made the decision 24 hours after filing to run for his old Texas Senate seat, did not say why he changed his mind. His staff said the congressperson would provide more information later.
U.S. Rep. Pat Fallon, R-Sherman, has ended his run for his old seat in the Texas Senate, just 24 hours after announcing his campaign.
Instead, Fallon’s staff confirmed he will seek reelection to Texas’ 4th Congressional District, which extends from the Dallas suburbs to the Red River in the border with Oklahoma.
Fallon began a tele-town hall Tuesday evening by assuring his constituents he would be staying in Congress.
Fallon on Monday announced he would retire from Congress and run for Senate District 30, which is being vacated by Sen. Drew Springer, R-Muenster. Fallon held the seat for two years before being elected to Congress in 2020.
Republican Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, who leads the Senate, endorsed Fallon’s return to the Legislature. So did a number of GOP senators.
Fallon suggested during the tele-town hall that Patrick courted him to run for SD-30. Fallon lamented divisiveness in Congress and said there was “a part of me that did want to return home to Texas.” Read the article in the Texas Tribune.