North Texas Republicans politicians appear to be suffering from the malady that has gripped the national Republican Party in the era of the 45th POTUS.

If they vote a certain way, or if they oppose certain high-profile pols, they become victims of the “primary disease” that spawns opponents within their own party.

I want to single out a couple of North Texas legislators who are fighting this intraparty squabble: Candy Noble and Jeff Leach.

Noble represents little ol’ me and my neighbors in Princeton. She has drawn fire from within her own party. Her “sin’? She voted to impeach Paxton. She has been accused — incredibly, I must add — for wanting to bring “Sharia law” into Texas public education classrooms. What … the … hell?

I put my mitts on a Noble campaign flier that declares she “fought for cutting property taxes, parental involvement in education, better health care options and securing our southern border.”

Wow! Radical stuff, eh? Her MAGA foes, though, say she favors Muslim interests over, um, Christian interests. They want to start a religious tussle within the party? Not a good look. Abraham George, a former Collin County GOP chair, is running against Noble in the primary.

Leach is a Republican legislator who this past year took part in the impeachment trial of GOP Attorney General Ken Paxton. He voted to impeach the AG and then served as a prosecutor in the Senate trial that ended up with Paxton’s acquittal.

Paxton then vowed to go after all the Republicans who stood against him … the jerk! A primary opponent emerged to run against Leach, who continues to tout his conservative bona fides. And they’re real.

Daren Meis is the MAGA candidate opposing Leach. He is a former Allen city councilman who didn’t bother to take part in the Dallas Morning News interview process with the candidates.

So many of these Republican challengers are campaigning on hatred for those who stand on principle. As the DMN said in its editorial endorsement of Leach’s primary bid:

“We don’t think most Republicans take them seriously. But we hope this sort of politicking does cause voters to reflect on just how bad things have gotten in their party.”