Republican congressman un-retires a day after announcing his retirement
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....