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On the eve of the special legislative session of 2017, Larson continued to express frustration with Governor Abbott: "The reality is, since the governor skipped class for four months, we've got ... summer school with him now to help him learn what we did."<ref>Peggy Fikac, "Curtain is rising on Act iI in Austin: Reputations are on the line in this Legislature drama," ''San Antonio Express-News,'' July 16, 2017, p. 1.</ref> Larson said that he is unlikely to serve in the state House much past 2020: "My ambitions are just to try to do the right thing. ... And then leave everything on the field, then walk away."<ref name=larsonandabbott/>
On the eve of the special legislative session of 2017, Larson continued to express frustration with Governor Abbott: "The reality is, since the governor skipped class for four months, we've got ... summer school with him now to help him learn what we did."<ref>Peggy Fikac, "Curtain is rising on Act iI in Austin: Reputations are on the line in this Legislature drama," ''San Antonio Express-News,'' July 16, 2017, p. 1.</ref> Larson said that he is unlikely to serve in the state House much past 2020: "My ambitions are just to try to do the right thing. ... And then leave everything on the field, then walk away."<ref name=larsonandabbott/>
In the Republican primary scheduled for March 6, 2018, Larson faces a conservative challenge from Christopher Michael "Chris" Fails (born August 12, 1975),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/christopher-fails/e214247296710|title=Christopher M. Fails|publisher=MyLife.com|accessdate=February 16, 2018}}</ref>a graduate of [[Robert E. Lee High School]] in San Antonio and the mayor of Hollywood Park in Bexar County. Governor Abbott has endorsed Fails in the showdown. ''The San Antonio Express-News'', a [[liberal]] paper, however, rallied behind Larson's bid for a fifth term and rejected the claim that the lawmaker is not particularly conservative:
In the Republican primary scheduled for March 6, 2018, Larson faces a conservative challenge from Christopher Michael "Chris" Fails (born August 12, 1975),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/christopher-fails/e214247296710|title=Christopher M. Fails|publisher=MyLife.com|accessdate=February 16, 2018}}</ref>a graduate of [[Robert E. Lee High School]] in San Antonio and the mayor of Hollywood Park in Bexar County. Governor Abbott endorsed Fails in the showdown, while Straus donated $10,000 to the Larson campaign. ''The San Antonio Express-News'', a [[liberal]] paper, however, rallied behind Larson's bid for a fifth term and rejected the claim that the lawmaker is not particularly conservative:
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As for Larson being insufficiently conservative, it’s a familiar charge also when it comes to Texas Speaker Joe Straus — and just as bogus. Straus, by the way, is backing Larson in this race. And that backing, in our view, speaks louder than Abbott’s criticism.<br>
As for Larson being insufficiently conservative, it’s a familiar charge also when it comes to Texas Speaker Joe Straus — and just as bogus. Straus, by the way, is backing Larson in this race. And that backing, in our view, speaks louder than Abbott’s criticism.<br>