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For Doctors in Politics, Medicine Often Trumps Party

The state's largest doctors association says it can't remember a time when so many Texas physicians held elected office in Texas. But sometimes their medical backgrounds put them at odds with members of their own party.

by Nathan Bernier, KUT News

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The state's largest doctors association says it can't remember a time when so many Texas physicians held elected office in Texas. But sometimes their medical backgrounds put them at odds with members of their own party.

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Nathan Bernier

KUT NEWS

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