Is El Paso County a Leader in Progressive Politics?

Ahead of the state’s May 29 primary, Beto O’Rourke, a Democratic candidate in Congressional District 16, wanted to talk about something other than decriminalizing marijuana.

And Mary Gonzalez, a Democrat running for the Texas House District 75 seat, wanted to focus on education and the budget rather than on her sexuality.

But those issues lingered at the forefront of El Paso politics this spring — after all O’Rourke was co-author of a resolution while on the El Paso City Council urging the end to the prohibition of marijuana, and  Gonzalez is an advocate for the gay and lesbian ...

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