https://ballotpedia.org/Texas_state_legislative_Republican_primaries,_2018/Factional_conflict
According to the above website Texas House District 23 Representative Wayne Faircloth falls into the Pro-House Speaker Straus column. According to the same website Future Texas House District 23 Representative Mayes Middleton falls into the Anti-House Speaker Straus column.
What is the significance of this category assignment? Speaker Straus has been criticized as an anti-conservative political figure in Texas Politics. Therefore Rep. Wayne Faircloth falls into the same mold as the departing Texas House Speaker.
After reading the Article I surmise that the reason for the Texas House Speaker's departure is because Conservative Law Makers such as Gregg Abbot and Dan Patrick have given him a run for his money in the pursuit of Political Control of the Texas Legislature. That being a surge to the right of the political spectrum in Texas Politics. Having said that (electing a supporter of Joe Straus such as Wayne Faircloth) will not serve the best interest of Texas Conservatives. The election of Wayne Faircloth will not serve the best interest of Texas TParty Patriots. The 2010 wave election that flipped many counties in Texas from Democrat to Republican will begin to wane if we do not elect more Conservative Politicians to the Texas House and Senate.
I give a full endorsement to Conservative Mayes Middleton in Texas House District 23. We must continue to elect Conservative Candidates and not Re-Elect politicians who are Republicans In Name Only as exemplified by the support of Texas Speaker of the House Joe Straus by Wayne Faircloth.
P.S.
I strongly urge the voters in Texas House District 18 to vote for challenger Emily Kebodeaux Cook instead of Pro-Texas House Speaker Straus-Ernest Bailes. Let's set a trend and replace Straus Supporters with a new brand of Texas Politicians. IT IS TIME FOR A CHANGE!