A heated Republican battle is emerging in southeast Texas, where state Rep. Terri Leo Wilson (R-Galveston) faces a primary challenge from a Chambers County developer in a race shaped by conflicting characterizations of Leo Wilson’s voting record — and renewed scrutiny of a tiny school district’s relationship with a lucrative non-profit public-school foundation.
Former Mont Belvieu City Manager Nathan Watkins, vice president at Americus Holdings Real Estate Development and a director of the Barbers Hill Independent School District’s (BHISD) education foundation, announced last year that he would run against Leo Wilson for Texas House District 23, which includes Chambers County and part of Galveston County.
