The Texas GOP has voted to censure five of its own lawmakers in the Texas House.
The State Republican Executive Committee met to consider reprimanding 10 Republican House members for being insufficiently conservative.
Some House members say banning them from the ballot would have violated their constitutional right to appear on the ballot.
The decision signals a deescalating intraparty tension that heightened at the start of the year.
Author's summary: Texas GOP censures five lawmakers, rejects primary ballot ban.