This Republican hellraiser is taking on her own party for rural Texas

LUBBOCK — Thirty years ago, Suzanne Bellsnyder was a budding young Republican working in Austin, far from her home in the Texas Panhandle. She was on a mission to push Republicans — the likes of John Cornyn and Greg Abbott — into power.

Now, she’s returned to the Panhandle and is a known hellraiser for the same Republicans she helped elect. Her new mission is simple: advocate for better lives and treatment of rural Texans.

“They want our resources, but they don’t care about our people,” said Bellsnyder...