Voters across Texas headed to the polls on Tuesday to decide who they will nominate in their respective political party to the Texas House.

In a statement, Biedermann said the point he was trying to make was that leaders “selectively punish impropriety.”

At a recent conference that featured a sitting state senator, so-called “TEXIT” supporters celebrated their movement’s incremental gains.

Find the latest, updated election results for the 2022 primary election in Texas on March 1, 2022.

From mass vaccinations and the end of pandemic restrictions in Texas to a historic winter storm and the last lap for some local leaders, 2021 delivered one overcrowded news cycle after another.

Texas state Rep. Kyle Biedermann, who appeared to be captured on video standing near the steps of the U.S. Capitol while rioters clashed with police Jan. 6, will not seek reelection.

The fast-growing region likely will see a considerable number of new state and federal lawmakers after the 2022 election. And in many cases, they will be representing districts whose boundaries have significantly shifted.

A video uploaded to the social networking site Parler shows state Rep. Kyle Biedermann standing near the steps of the U.S. Capitol Jan. 6, as a mob clashed with Capitol Police Officers.

AUSTIN, Texas – A Texas state representative from Fredericksburg has refused a request from the KSAT 12 Defenders to release public emails from the dates surrounding his trip to Washington, D.C., to attend a President Donald Trump rally. Under Texas law, email inboxes maintained by taxpayer-funded government agencies, including the Texas Legislature, are public. Biedermann’s chief of staff, Karin Dyer, responded to the request in late January claiming the office had nothing responsive to release. Coincidentally, on Jan. 6, Biedermann received an email from Abbott naming a person from his district to the Texas Board of Professional Geoscientists. AdThe Defenders have filed a complaint against Biedermann’s office with the attorney general’s office over the refusal to release the emails.

After weeks of touting his secession bill on social media, State Rep. Kyle Biedermann, R-Fredericksburg, formally filed the proposed legislation on Friday, which would give Texans a chance to explore opting out of the union in a referendum. “It is now time that the People of Texas are allowed the right to decide their own future. Let Texans Vote!”The bill is unlikely to pass and has already been rebuked by fellow Republicans, including State Rep. Jeff Leach, R-Dallas. Based on what you’ve said the bill does, it seems like the most anti-American bill I’ve seen in my 4+ terms in the Texas House. https://t.co/xQOqDi80qj — Jeff Leach (@leachfortexas) January 17, 2021Biedermann said a petition he created in support of the bill garnered more than 12,000 signatures.

Historical and legal precedents make it clear that Texas could not leave the Union — at least not legally. And even if it did, experts say, Texas can't just secede. AdYet the myth that Texas can easily secede persists, in part, because of the state’s history of independence. It says nothing of splitting apart from the United States. After the Civil War, Texas was readmitted to the Union in 1870.

A Texas state representative from the Hill Country who was in Washington, D.C. last week for a rally in support of President Donald Trump later downplayed the deadly insurrection at the U.S. Capitol during a talk radio appearance. (The FBI has arrested or is seeking out dozens of far-right Trump supporters and white nationalists after they were seen inside the Capitol.) The lawmaker’s comments came during a Jan. 7 appearance on the show, as Biedermann described why he traveled to Washington D.C. for the rally the day before. District 73 deserves better representation.”The Texas Democratic Party called on state Republican leadership, including Gov. We’ll see what side of history Texas Republicans choose to stand on,” said Texas Democratic Party spokesperson Abhi Rahman.

State Rep. Kyle Biedermann, R-Fredericksburg, told his supporters on Facebook that he plans to file a bill allowing for a referendum on secession. The federal government is out of control and does not represent the values of Texans. Biedermann did not offer more specifics on the bill, which has yet to be filed, online records show. In 1868, the Supreme Court maintained that Texas is in an “indissoluble relation” when it became part of the United States. The representative was once photographed at a Halloween party in a “gay Hitler” costume based on a Saturday Night Live character.