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In the Republican primary held on May 29, 2012, Landtroop led a four-candidate field with 6,358 votes (34.4 percent). Ken King trailed with 5,569 votess (30.2 percent). Two other candidates held a critical 35 percent of the ballots cast, Mac Smith, who received 3,368 votes (18.2 percent), and Gary Walker, who finished with 3,162 votes (17.1 percent).<ref>Texas Secretary of State, Election Returns, Republican primary, May 29, 2012.</ref>

In the Republican primary held on May 29, 2012, Landtroop led a four-candidate field with 6,358 votes (34.4 percent). Ken King trailed with 5,569 votess (30.2 percent). Two other candidates held a critical 35 percent of the ballots cast, Mac Smith, who received 3,368 votes (18.2 percent), and Gary Walker, who finished with 3,162 votes (17.1 percent).<ref>Texas Secretary of State, Election Returns, Republican primary, May 29, 2012.</ref>

Canadian, Texas futures trade Salem Abraham, the grandson of an earlier Republican state representative, donated $100,000 to Ken King, Abraham's then colleague on the Canadian School Board.<ref name=justialaw/> In the heated race, Abraham attended a meeting in Levelland in Hockley County,  at which then Governor Rick Perry endorsed Landtroop. As the gathering closed, Abraham rose to challenge Landtroop's campaign tactics against King. He was asked to hold his questions for a later time and then to leave the premises. Michael Quinn Sullivan, a conservative activist and founder of the group Empower Texans, which supported Landtroop, questioned the Canadian School Board's high rate of educational spending (nearly $38,000 per pupil in 2010-2011, with only $7,000 directly in the classroom) and [[property tax]] increases (five cents per $100 in assessed value in 2011).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.empowertexans.com/features/ken-the-tax-king/|title=Ken the Tax Kingan|date=July 25, 2012|author=Michael Quinn Sullivan|accessdate=October 12, 2019}}</ref>

Salem Abraham, a Canadian, Texas, futures trader and the grandson of an earlier Republican state representative, donated $100,000 to Ken King, Abraham's then colleague on the Canadian School Board.<ref name=justialaw/> In the heated race, Abraham attended a meeting in Levelland in Hockley County,  at which then Governor Rick Perry endorsed Landtroop. As the gathering closed, Abraham rose to challenge Landtroop's campaign tactics against King. He was asked to hold his questions for a later time and then to leave the premises. Michael Quinn Sullivan, a conservative activist and founder of the group Empower Texans, which supported Landtroop, questioned the Canadian School Board's high rate of educational spending (nearly $38,000 per pupil in 2010-2011, with only $7,000 directly in the classroom) and [[property tax]] increases (five cents per $100 in assessed value in 2011).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.empowertexans.com/features/ken-the-tax-king/|title=Ken the Tax Kingan|date=July 25, 2012|author=Michael Quinn Sullivan|accessdate=October 12, 2019}}</ref>

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Abraham subsequently sued Daniel Greer and the group, Fix The Facts Foundation, also known as AgendaWise, for [[libel]] regarding the King-Landtroop campaign. The Texas 31st District Court in Canadian threw out the suit on grounds that Abraham had not proved malice on the part of the defendants. But the dismissal was overturned in July 2014 and remanded to the trial court by the Texas 7th District Court of Appeals in Amarillo. The circuit court said that Abraham's complaint is unrelated to his being a public figure. Greer had not mentioned Abraham's school board tenure in the report of the Levelland meeting.<ref name=justialaw>{{cite web|url=http://law.justia.com/cases/texas/seventh-court-of-appeals/2014/07-12-00494-cv.html|title=Salem Abraham v. Daniel Greer and Fix The Facts Foundation d/b/a AgendaWise: Appeal from 31st District Court of Hemphill County|publisher=law.justia.com|date=July 25, 2014|accessdate=September 23, 2014}}</ref>

Abraham subsequently sued Daniel Greer and the group, Fix The Facts Foundation, also known as AgendaWise, for [[libel]] regarding the King-Landtroop campaign. The Texas 31st District Court in Canadian threw out the suit on grounds that Abraham had not proved malice on the part of the defendants. But the dismissal was overturned in July 2014 and remanded to the trial court by the Texas 7th District Court of Appeals in Amarillo. The circuit court said that Abraham's complaint is unrelated to his being a public figure. Greer had not mentioned Abraham's school board tenure in the report of the Levelland meeting.<ref name=justialaw>{{cite web|url=http://law.justia.com/cases/texas/seventh-court-of-appeals/2014/07-12-00494-cv.html|title=Salem Abraham v. Daniel Greer and Fix The Facts Foundation d/b/a AgendaWise: Appeal from 31st District Court of Hemphill County|publisher=law.justia.com|date=July 25, 2014|accessdate=September 23, 2014}}</ref>