Winds NNW at 5 to 10 mph. Senator Hall: Representative Flynn: Challenger Bryan Slaton unseated incumbent Dan Flynn for the Republican nomination in the Texas House District 2 run-off election yesterday. Greg Horn officiating. HD 2: Dan Flynn vs. Bryan Slaton Runoffs rarely bode well for an incumbent lawmaker, and this race is shaping up to be no exception. Votes district wide had not been totaled as of press time Tuesday night. With all of the votes in for Hunt County, Slaton had received 4,386 votes (60.54 percent) to Flynn's 2,859 votes (39.46 percent). Flynn, who is running for a 10th term in the lower chamber, finished first in the three-way March primary, with businessman Bryan Slaton coming in second by 9 percentage points. Bryan Slaton will be the Republican Party nominee for Texas House of Representatives District 2 in the Nov. 3 general election. Republican incumbent House Rep. Dan Flynn’s consistent political shift to the left, combined with his outright opposition to the Republican Party platform position against taxpayer-funded lobbying has earned him two challengers on his right flank. This was the third time that Slaton had run against Flynn for the nomination. Bryan Slaton has claimed victory in the Republican Party runoff in the race for Texas House of Representatives District 2. Dwayne ‘Doc’ Collins was the third candidate in the race. “I can't tell you how humbling it is to be so overwhelmingly supported by my community,” Slaton said. Flynn was one of the most conservative lawmakers when first elected in 2003. Bryan Lee Slaton is a businessman and pastor from Royse City, Texas, who is the Republican Representative-elect for Texas House of Representative District 2, which covers (Hopkins, Hunt, and Van Zandt counties). 1:25. With 20.29%, a third candidate, Dwayne “Doc” Collins did not make the runoff. Flynn was one of the most … Unlike Dan Flynn, Bryan Slaton will also protect vulnerable patients from euthanasia. On the Democrat ballot is MJ Hagar vs Royce West for US Senator and Roberto R Alonzo vs Chrysta Castaneda for Railroad Commissioner. Republican incumbent House Rep. Dan Flynn’s consistent political shift to the left, combined with his outright opposition to the Republican Party platform position against taxpayer-funded lobbying has earned him two challengers on his right flank. Eight-term incumbent Rep. Dan Flynn (R-Canton) narrowly escaped defeat in the 2018 GOP primary by about 800 votes and again in 2016 by fewer than 600 votes. Slaton’s career experience includes working as a youth and family minister and as a ma… With all of the votes in for Hunt County, Slaton had received 4,386 votes (60.54 percent) to Flynn's 2,859 votes (39.46 percent). This is a victory for House District 2, and I promise I won't let you down. He refused our requests for help to protect the rights and benefits of retirees under Article XVI Section 66 of the Texas Constitution, and he worked with the Democratic Mayor of Dallas and Senator Royce West to craft legislation that would seize the personal Deferred Retirement Option Plan savings of police and fire retirees. Flynn, who is running for a 10th term in the lower chamber, finished first in the three-way March primary, with businessman Bryan Slaton coming in second by 9 percentage points. Flynn was one of … Aug 23rd, 2020 by Charles Kuffner. Bryan Slaton, a businessman and former Baptist minister, is hoping to unseat six-term incumbent state Rep. Dan Flynn of Canton, saying Flynn has stayed in … Dan Flynn must be desperate. Slaton’s campaign was largely funded by donors associated with the controversial group Empower Texans. Bill was born in Sulphur Springs, Texas April 22, 1938 to AG Tacker and Dorothy Smalley. Bryan Slaton Campaign for State Representative of House District 2 His current term ends on January 11, 2021. State Rep. Dan Flynn has represented House District 2 – composed of Hopkins, Hunt and Van Zandt counties – in the Texas Legislature since 2003. Designed and Developed by Front Porch Media, Republican Bryan Slaton Finally Defeats Incumbent Dan Flynn in Third Attempt at Texas House District Two Nomination, 65 Deaths Reported-Hopkins County COVID-19 Report for December 19th, 2020, SSPD Searching for Suspect That Robbed Convenience Store at Gunpoint Early Friday Morning. On July 14, 2020, Slaton defeated incumbent House Representative for District #2 Dan Flynn by a 22-point margin in the Republican primary runoff. He earned bachelor's degrees in youth ministry and speech communication from Ouachita Baptist University, a bachelor's degree in business administration accounting from the University of North Texas, and a master's in divinity degree in biblical languages from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary.