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Wednesday, March 17, 2010

State Rep. Norma Chavez, D-El Paso, said she will make a decision about running for the Texas Senate by Thanksgiving.

This morning Chavez sounded like she might be backing away from making a go at the seat state Sen. Eliot Shapleigh, D-El Paso, will be vacating.

She said some of her constituents are concerned about losing the seniority she has in the Texas House. She’s been in the chamber since 1997 and has a seat on the important budget-writing Appropriations Committee and is on the powerful Calendars Committee, which helps set the Texas House agenda.

Plus, she said, the ...

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