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Election 2022: Texas Primary Tests GOP's Rightward Shift
In America’s largest Republican state, much of the focus will be on the GOP’s rightward lurch.
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Could Beto Be Back? O'Rourke Mulls Challenging Texas Gov. Abbott
Beto O’Rourke is again weighing another campaign — this time for governor.
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Sam Johnson, Longtime Texas GOP Congressman and Vietnam POW, Dies
Former Texas Rep. Sam Johnson, a military pilot who spent years as a prisoner of war in Vietnam before serving more than two decades in Congress, died Wednesday at age 89.
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Ralph Hall, Former Congressman From Rockwall, Dies at 95
Former Rep. Ralph Hall, a political survivor whose career mirrored the massive partisan shift that marked the last 50 years of Texas politics and made him the oldest person to ever serve in the U.S. House, died Thursday. He was 95.
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O'Rourke Team Begins National Staffing Talks Amid 2020 Buzz
Beto O’Rourke’s advisers have begun speaking to Democratic political strategists about positions in a national campaign as the former Texas congressman promises to announce a decision on a 2020 presidential run soon.
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O'Rourke Won't Rule Out Being Vice Presidential Candidate
Beto O’Rourke says he hasn’t ruled out being a 2020 vice presidential candidate, even as he plans to decide in the next 10 days if he’ll seek the presidency himself.
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Beto O'Rourke to Decide on 2020 Presidential Run This Month
In an interview Tuesday with Oprah Winfrey, former U.S. Congressman Beto O’Rourke indicated he’s leaning toward a bid for president even though family considerations could persuade him otherwise.
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Social Issues Could Take Back Seat in New Texas Legislature
The Texas Legislature opens with Republicans having smaller majorities in both chambers, which suggests social issues could take a back seat to such matters as fixing the state’s flawed school finance system
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What to Watch: Could North Carolina Backtrack Affect Texas?
As Texas grapples with whether to embrace a North Carolina-style “bathroom bill,” that state is working to water down its own.
