In a surprise development, the former Dallas congressman appears to be eyeing a return to the U.S. House — but not in his old district. Insiders say the response in Central Texas has been lukewarm. “I wish he’d called me first,” Flores said.
Abby Livingston
Abby Livingston joined The Texas Tribune in 2014 as the publication's first Washington bureau chief, and departed August 2022. In this role, she covered members in the Texas congressional delegation and campaigns back in the home state. A seventh-generation Texan, Abby grew up in Fort Worth and graduated from the University of Texas at Austin. Prior to the Tribune, Abby worked for NBC, CNN, National Journal and Roll Call. At the Tribune, she won the 2017 National Press Club Award for Washington regional reporting and the Society of Professional Journalists' 2018 Sigma Delta Chi Award for Washington correspondence. Abby is a contributing writer to the Almanac of American Politics and frequently appears on MSNBC, CNN and Sirius XM radio. She also had a role on an episode of "The Bold and The Beautiful." In keeping with the Trib’s great history of hiring softball stars, Abby is a three-time MVP (the most in game history) for The Bad News Babes, the women’s press softball team that takes on female members of Congress in the annual Congressional Women’s Softball breast cancer charity game.
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The 2019 Texas Tribune Festival
Nancy Pelosi to President Donald Trump: “You’ve come into my wheelhouse now”
“Let us be prayerful. Let us be solemn. Let us try not to make it further divisive,” Pelosi said at The Texas Tribune Festival. “But we cannot ignore our oath of office to defend the Constitution of the United States from all enemies foreign and domestic.”
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Ted Cruz took issue with Trump’s call with Ukraine’s president, but he expected it to be worse
The U.S. senator spoke at the 2019 Texas Tribune Festival in an interview with MSNBC anchor Chris Hayes.
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Republican U.S. Rep. Will Hurd says he’s considering running for president in 2024
Hurd also discussed a whistleblower’s complaint about Donald Trump — and whether its contents support a Democratic push to impeach the president. “I think that’s a premature conversation to have,” he said.
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Texas Republicans defend Trump as impeachment movement continues to roil the U.S. Capitol
GOP lawmakers from Texas criticized the push to impeach, saying Democrats “hate” President Donald Trump.
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Here’s what Texans in Congress are saying about impeaching President Donald Trump
The Texas delegation is split along party lines.
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Mounting impeachment drama shakes up battleground Texas races
In a dramatic turn, several Texas Democrats in competitive congressional races signaled a new openness Tuesday to impeaching President Donald Trump.
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All 13 Texas Democrats in Congress have expressed willingness to impeach Donald Trump
Six more Texas Democrats backed the idea Tuesday, though some — like U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Laredo — suggested they would only do so under certain conditions.
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In fight over agriculture funding, U.S. Rep. Filemon Vela calls GOP Texan “a racist Christian pretender”
Vela, a Brownsville Democrat, was firing back after U.S. Rep. Mike Conaway, R-Midland, accused Democrats of attempting to “score political points on the back of rural America.”
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Lily Adams helped her grandmother Ann Richards win Texas. Can she get Kamala Harris to the White House?
As a young child, Adams was frequently at her governor grandmother’s side. Now she’s continuing her family’s political legacy.
