Republican Party of Texas retains law firm to bar non-members from their primaries

AUSTIN (Nexstar) — The Republican Party of Texas is looking to change the way it selects its nominees for elections across the state.

Abraham George, chair of the Republican Party of Texas, said that the party's executive committee has decided to file a lawsuit to challenge the state's open primary system.

"We decided we're going to move forward with filing a lawsuit against the state, because in the 89th session, we had multiple bills that would have done this," George said.