Overview
- CBS News reported Sheets won the Republican primary, and Abbott publicly congratulated him as results made the outcome clear.
- Sid Miller conceded on Wednesday, and Sheets said he will overhaul the Texas Department of Agriculture, including removing staff aligned with Miller.
- President Donald Trump endorsed Miller the Friday before Election Day after most early votes had been cast, limiting the endorsement’s effect.
- Miller’s tenure was dogged by ethics controversies, including the guilty plea of aide Todd Smith on a bribery charge before Miller later installed him as chief of staff.
- Sheets, a Navy reservist and honey company founder who outspent Miller with establishment support, advances to face Democrat Clayton Tucker in November.