Let's say you're a donor to a candidate or an elected official who quits a race mid-campaign or chooses not to run again. What if you made a contribution to one of the nine Texas legislators who decided not to seek reelection this year — to Plano's Brian McCall (who had nearly $542,000 in his campaign account, according to his latest filing with the Texas Ethics Commission), or Lubbock's Carl Isett (nearly $139,000), or San Antonio's Frank Corte (more than $123,000)? What if you gave to Tom Schieffer, the former Texas House member ...

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