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Texas hasn’t updated a 2006 study that found undocumented immigrants contribute more than they cost
1 month ago

Texas hasn’t updated a 2006 study that found undocumented immigrants contribute more than they cost

Associated Press  

In 2006, Texas State Comptroller Carole Keeton Strayhorn set out to assess the impact undocumented Texans have on the state economy and found that they contributed more to Texas than they cost the state. “This is the first time any state has done a comprehensive financial analysis of the impact of undocumented immigrants on a state’s budget and economy,” Strayhorn, …

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Rural Texans have long helped Republicans. Will that hold true on Tuesday?
4 years, 2 months ago

Rural Texans have long helped Republicans. Will that hold true on Tuesday?

Salon  

Rural Texas saved Ted Cruz in 2018. Cornyn's Democratic rival, MJ Hegar, said Saturday she was "not concerned at all" about a repeat of 2018, when rural Texas rescued an otherwise vulnerable Republican U.S. senator. "I grew up in rural Texas, and I know what rural Texas needs," said Hegar, who was raised in Williamson County — north of Austin …

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Democrats’ hopes for capturing a Senate majority fade
4 years, 2 months ago

Democrats’ hopes for capturing a Senate majority fade

LA Times  

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell won reelection on Tuesday, but which party will have a majority in 2021 is still an open question. Democrats’ hopes of sweeping to a Senate majority faded as marquee contests stretched into overtime early Wednesday and some of the most vulnerable Republican incumbents remained in contention while the vote counts dragged on. Sen. Mitch McConnell …

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Senate Democrats’ fundraising success puts GOP on defensive
4 years, 2 months ago

Senate Democrats’ fundraising success puts GOP on defensive

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Buoyed by massive fundraising success, Democratic Senate candidates are mounting a push in Republican states that few would have thought possible just a few months ago, placing continued GOP control of the chamber at risk. “For Jaime Harrison and Amy McGrath, money can buy you a lot of TV advertising,” said Josh Holmes, a Republican strategist and McConnell …

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Democrat MJ Hegar makes runoff in crowded Texas Senate race
4 years, 10 months ago

Democrat MJ Hegar makes runoff in crowded Texas Senate race

Associated Press  

AUSTIN, Texas — Democrat MJ Hegar, a former Air Force helicopter pilot seeking to unseat Republican U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, advanced to a runoff in May after falling short of capturing the nomination outright on Tuesday. This year’s race hasn’t mustered the same energy or attention as Democrat Beto O’Rourke’s barnstorming run in 2018 against GOP Sen. Ted Cruz that …

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Biden wins Texas primary in resounding Super Tuesday finish
4 years, 10 months ago

Biden wins Texas primary in resounding Super Tuesday finish

Associated Press  

AUSTIN, Texas — Joe Biden ended a triumphant Super Tuesday with a narrow victory over Bernie Sanders in Texas, the giant red state where Democrats are seeking a rare return to power in 2020. “And as a working mom, I’m concerned about the future if we keep it in the hands of people like Sen. John Cornyn.” And on the …

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Mitch McConnell Will Be The Boogeyman Of The 2020 Elections
5 years, 6 months ago

Mitch McConnell Will Be The Boogeyman Of The 2020 Elections

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Democrats are preparing to make Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell a central villain of their push to win total control of Congress in 2020, an effort top advisers to the Kentucky Republican say will only further his efforts to become a conservative hero. Three highly touted Democratic Senate candidates ― Iowa’s Theresa Greenfield, Texas’ M.J. Hegar and …

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MJ Hegar launches 2020 Senate run against Texas’ John Cornyn
5 years, 8 months ago

MJ Hegar launches 2020 Senate run against Texas’ John Cornyn

Associated Press  

AUSTIN, Texas — Democrat MJ Hegar, an Air Force veteran whose viral campaign ads nearly helped her get elected in one of Texas’ most Republican-friendly congressional districts last year, set her sights higher on Tuesday and launched a run for U.S. Senate against Republican incumbent John Cornyn. For years, GOP dominance in Texas had kept the state’s top Democrats on …

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