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CBS News News source @cbsnews.com · New York 🇺🇸· 9h

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Texas voters face key Democratic showdown in newly drawn 33rd District. See who's running.
S. E. Jenkins is a digital content producer for CBS Texas. She has also been a Digital Content Producer in Tallahassee and Myrtle Beach.
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Yahoo News source @yahoo.com · Sunnyvale, California 🇺🇸· 2d

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Calls grow for Texas Rep. Gonzales to resign over allegations of affair with ex-staffer
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. HOUSTON (AP) -- U. S. Rep. Tony Gonzales of Texas faced growing calls Tuesday from fellow congressional Republicans to resign over a report of an alleged affair with a former staffer who later died after she set herself on fire.
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CBS News News source @cbsnews.com · New York 🇺🇸· 5d

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The state of the Texas GOP Senate primary with early voting in full swing
With early voting underway in Texas, the three major candidates in the Republican primary for U. S. Senate were in North Texas last week to encourage their supporters to head to the polls.
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NBC News News source @nbcnews.com · Washington (state) 🇺🇸· 6d

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Rep. Tony Gonzales faces ethics investigation over alleged affair ahead of tough primary
As Rep. Tony Gonzales prepares to face Republican primary voters in Texas on March 3, the Office of Congressional Conduct has conducted -- and concluded -- an investigation into an alleged affair between Gonzalez and a former staffer who died by suicide in September.
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Newsweek News source @newsweek.com · New York 🇺🇸· 7d

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Tony Gonzales responds after text messages about affair made public
A Texas congressman claims he's being blackmailed by the husband of a former staffer whom he allegedly had an affair with and later died by suicide.
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The New York Times News source @nytimes.com · New York City 🇺🇸· 1w

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Texas Congressman's Aide Told Co-Worker of Affair Before Killing Herself
J. David Goodman reported from Houston, and Edgar Sandoval from McAllen, Texas. An aide to Representative Tony Gonzales of Texas sent a text message to a co-worker last April saying that she had an affair with the Republican congressman, according to the co-worker who shared the text exchange with The New York Times.
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New York Post News source @nypost.com · New York City 🇺🇸· 2w

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Why Texas dad who shot daughter dead after argument over Trump won't...
The Texas father who fatally shot his daughter after an argument about President Trump won't face charges because the grand jury that heard his case hails from a gun-loving, conservative part of the state, a legal expert told The Post Thursday.
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CBS News News source @cbsnews.com · New York 🇺🇸· 3w

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How a Democrat defeated the Republican in a GOP majority state Senate district in Tarrant County
It was a major political upset that delighted Democrats and rattled Republicans here in North Texas, across the state, and the nation.
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Yahoo News source @yahoo.com · Sunnyvale, California 🇺🇸· 3w

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These maps show how Latino voters helped Democrats flip a reliably red Texas Senate seat
The election results suggest a potential contraction back toward Democrats among Latino voters in Texas, posing a political danger for down-ballot Republicans.
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Texas special election emboldens Democrats heading into federal midterms
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-New York) on Jan. 8 at the U. S. Capitol. (Sarah L. Voisin/The Washington Post) The outcome of a state Senate special election in Texas has emboldened Democrats as they seek to score upsets in five congressional districts redrawn to the advantage of the GOP ahead of the upcoming midterm elections.
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USA Today News source @usatoday.com · McLean, Virginia 🇺🇸· 3w

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Blue wave forming? Democrat's Texas romp may be biggest sign yet.
In a long speech at the House Republicans retreat on January 6th, the president called himself 'king' and mentioned re-election twice.
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Yahoo News source @yahoo.com · Sunnyvale, California 🇺🇸· 3w

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Texas Dem who flipped red district says people are 'tired of campaigns of outrage'
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. After Democrat Taylor Rehmet won a special election for the Texas state Senate over the weekend, flipping a reliably red district and defeating a candidate endorsed by President Donald Trump, he told ABC News he won by focusing on everyday issues.
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Yahoo News source @yahoo.com · Sunnyvale, California 🇺🇸· 3w

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Texas GOP sounds alarm after Dem victory: "Cannot take anything for granted"
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Democrats' victories in a pair of special elections in Texas are raising the party's hopes for November, with one race cutting into Speaker Mike Johnson's already razor-thin majority in the House and the other sending shockwaves through the Republican Party nationwide.
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NBC News News source @nbcnews.com · Washington (state) 🇺🇸· 3w

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Democratic victory in deep-red Texas district casts a pall over GOP plans to keep the House
DALLAS -- Democrat Taylor Rehmet may never get the chance to cast a vote from his new seat in the Texas state Senate. But merely affixing his name to a seat that hasn't seen Democratic representation in decades set off alarms throughout Texas and U.
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The Wall Street Journal News source @wsj.com · New York City 🇺🇸· 3w

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Five Reasons Republicans Are Worried About This Texas State Senate Race
Democrat Taylor Rehmet won a special election by a 14-point margin in a district that previously supported Trump by 17 points, indicating a significant shift.
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CNN International News source @edition.cnn.com · Atlanta, Georgia 🇺🇸· 4w

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Why Democrats' upset in a Texas state Senate race is a big deal
The hits keep coming for Republicans ahead of the 2026 midterm election. But even amid a series of panic-inspiring results for the GOP, a new outcome in Texas stands out.
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USA Today News source @usatoday.com · McLean, Virginia 🇺🇸· 4w

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Democrat flips Texas Senate seat, will represent district Trump won in 2024
Supreme Court allows Texas to use a congressional map with Republican advantage for 2026 midterms despite racial bias claims.
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AP NEWS News source @apnews.com · New York City 🇺🇸· 4w

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Attorney General Ken Paxton cannot shut down Texas Latino voting group, judge rules
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton failed to offer "any plausible proof" that Jolt Initiative, a nonprofit that aims to increase civic participation among Latinos, is violating the law, a federal judge ruled Thursday.
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Attorney General Ken Paxton cannot shut down Texas Latino voting group, judge rules
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton failed to offer "any plausible proof" that Jolt Initiative, a nonprofit that aims to increase civic participation among Latinos, is violating the law, a federal judge ruled Thursday.
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CBS News News source @cbsnews.com · New York 🇺🇸· 4w

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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott orders Texas agencies to halt H-1B visa requests
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is sending a strong directive to all state agencies, including public universities: stop petitioning for H-1B visas for foreign-born workers.