The career plans of Rep. Pat Fallon (R-TX) appear to be in a state of flux this week, as he made moves to leave Congress at the end of his current term — but then went back on it.
On Monday, Fallon, a lawmaker elected in 2020 to a North Texas seat vacated when former President Donald Trump tapped Rep. John Ratcliffe for Director of National Intelligence, filed to run for Texas State Senate District 30, the seat he had held before being elected to Congress. "At the end of the day, the decision came down to, If we lose Texas, we lose the nation," Fallon told The Texas Tribune. "It’s just terribly important to ensure that Texas has written a great success story and I want to keep moving that forward."
But just 24 hours later, Fallon appears to have changed his mind.
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According to CBS 11's Jack Fink, Fallon has confirmed he will seek re-election to the 4th Congressional District after all, likely blindsiding Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, who had already endorsed his campaign to re-take the 30th Senate District and praised him as a "solid member" of the legislature.
In his relatively brief time in Congress, Fallon has been involved in a handful of controversies.
In 2021, he was embarrassed when he attacked the hate-tracking organization the Southern Poverty Law Center based on a satirical report joking they had labeled veterans' organizations as hate groups. And earlier this year, he accused protesters heckling his comments on the Second Amendment of staging an "insurrection."
