Karl Rove will vote for Democrat over Bo French - The Texas Tribune

Karl Rove, former adviser to President George W. Bush and a veteran Texas GOP consultant, said he will vote for Houston Democrat Jon Rosenthal in the race for a seat on the Texas Railroad Commission.
Rove made the remarks at a members-only lunch at the Headliners Club in Austin, calling Republican candidate Bo French a "bigot," according to three attendees granted anonymity by the Texas Tribune.
Rove noted the only prior Democrat he has voted for was Lt. Gov. Bob Bullock, who was up for reelection in 1994.
French drew widespread criticism after sharing a post on X on Sunday showing UT-Austin's student section during a Longhorn win over Ohio State, referring to South Asian students as "foreigners" who displaced Americans, and then doubling down on Monday by calling his Republican critics "less conservative."
President Donald Trump defended French indirectly, posting on Truth Social that Rove was "bad" for Republicans and often wrong, accusing him of "Trump Derangement Syndrome."
Rove, who teaches graduate students at UT's school of public affairs, praised a South Asian student as among the hardest-working he had taught, while French has centered his campaign on culture-war issues outside the Railroad Commission's oil and gas regulatory authority, including a call to deport 100 million people.