All Rights Reserved.Our podcast includes roundups of important news, additional insights from our reporters, and exclusive interviews with the people who have direct influence on politics and policy in Texas. “It’s a presidential year. “I think for me and most of the people I talk to, we just want 24 to flip. The ultimate goal, Democrats sandwiched between Dallas and Fort Worth have said all year, is flipping the seat that has been occupied by Rep. Kenny Marchant for eight terms.“I would have stayed one more year,” she said.For a recent digital fundraiser, Valenzuela sat at her kitchen table in front of a green screen. Congressman Serving the 24th District of Texas. Democrat Candace Valenzuela, a 34-year-old Carrollton-Farmers Branch school board member, is launching a campaign Monday against Texas GOP Rep. Kenny Marchant… https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/05/us/politics/house-retirement-republican.html
A year later, the district was facing a huge budget shortfall and was forced to lay off hundreds of teachers.Olson, in an interview, said she didn’t mean that race shouldn’t be taken into account, but that more has to be done to ensure law enforcers don’t disproportionally cause harm to Black people.Stand with us in our mission to discover and uncover the story of North Texas“There is a disconnect between those in power and those closest to the pain,” she said.The district, which includes Grapevine, Irving and Southlake, has become increasingly diverse during the last decade, putting the question of who best represents the district’s population at the center of the debate.Her campaign coordinated wellness checks, established an advisory council and translated Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines into seven languages. Gathering with Veterans in Grapevine. And that's just not true." The attack is featured both in Valenzuela’s TV advertisement and a direct mail advertisement.The decision between Olson and Valenzuela is punishing for many Democrats who see both women as capable of beating Van Duyne, the former Irving mayor endorsed by President Donald Trump.
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Instead, they turned to phone calls and text messages to engage voters. She was the first to go to college in her family. Meanwhile, both Valenzuela and Republicans have taken aim at Olson over comments she made supporting the riots that ran parallel to massive protests in downtown Dallas over police brutality.The comment quickly ricocheted through conservative media. The campaign also invested in 10,000 vote-by-mail ballot applications — a familiar tactic in Texas politics, but one with new urgency. Four years ago, Sessions stood out as the first senator to back Trump during the presidential primary, and Trump rewarded him after the election by naming him U.S. attorney general.However, the story is very different when it comes to each candidate's allied super PAC, which can accept an unlimited amount of money from contributors. Marchant least often votes with:Marchant spent $5.00 per vote received in 2012.
Her computer was propped up by a tub of Play-Doh used by her two children. “There is a crisis in leadership, and what voters want and deserve is someone who is going to maneuver us and get us out of this perfect storm — health care, social unrest and economic downturn.”At The Dallas Morning News, we believe that your voice contributes to our journalism and helps shape our communities.
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Meeting with Constituents Touring the US Capitol Building.