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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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Congress
U.S. Rep. Bill Flores will not run for reelection, marking the fifth recent GOP retirement in Texas
Flores, who represents the 17th Congressional District, said he will return to business in the private sector and remain politically active.
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Republicans see a silver lining in retirements of Texas GOP congressmen. Democrats do, too.
GOP leaders admit U.S. Rep. Will Hurd’s retirement announcement was a blow to the party. But they’re optimistic that the increasing number of open seats will be a good thing. Democrats eager to take those districts call that spin.
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Politics
U.S. Rep. Kenny Marchant will not seek reelection, marking the fourth recent GOP retirement in Texas
Last year, Marchant won reelection by only a 3 percent margin.
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El Paso shooting
Donald Trump called for “strong background checks” after El Paso shooting. He then blamed the media.
In a pair of Monday morning tweets, the president suggested “marrying” immigration reform to background check legislation.
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Congress
Republican U.S. Rep. Will Hurd to retire from Congress after holding on to a district Democrats are desperate to flip
President Donald Trump’s recent racist comments weighed on Hurd, the last black Republican in the U.S. House. He was the only Texas Republican who voted to condemn Trump’s tweets about four congresswomen.
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Texas 2020 Elections
Julián Castro spars with Democratic front-runner Joe Biden during party’s second presidential debate
Several Democrats put the former vice president on the defensive. But Castro landed one of the most personal blows as he criticized Biden’s stance on immigration. The stakes were high for the Texan, who has yet to qualify for the next debate.
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Politics
“I’m coming home”: U.S. Rep. Mike Conaway of Midland to retire at the end of his term
Conaway has represented a heavily Republican West Texas district since 2005.
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Texas 2020 Elections
Beto O’Rourke delivers subdued second debate performance, avoids stumbles of first round
O’Rourke was most confident when bringing up his home state and his near victory in the 2018 Senate race in making his case for electability.
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Texas 2020 Elections
In second round of debates, Beto O’Rourke is out for redemption as Julián Castro presses forward
The two Democratic presidential candidates from Texas head to Detroit looking to prove themselves in different ways.
