The California Republican still needs at least 218 votes to become House speaker. That vote will be on Jan. 3.
Matthew Choi
Matthew Choi is a Washington correspondent for The Texas Tribune. He previously covered energy and climate policy at Politico, where he wrote the Morning Energy newsletter and covered campaign events as a breaking news reporter during the 2020 presidential election and the Mueller investigation. Before joining Politico, Matthew was a two-time reporting fellow at The Texas Tribune based in Austin, reporting on education, health care, immigration, guns, agriculture and land management. He graduated from Northwestern University where he studied journalism and political science and was managing editor of The Daily Northwestern. Matthew is a native of Northern Virginia and speaks both French and English. In his free time, Matthew enjoys cooking French country food while listening to Simon and Garfunkel.
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Texas 2022 Elections
Monica De La Cruz is the first Republican to represent Texas’ 15th Congressional District. What will she do with it?
After finally flipping the Democratic district, Monica De La Cruz vowed to “represent all of South Texas” and likely will be influential on border issues.
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Texas 2022 Elections
No red wave, but Republicans continue inroads into long-Democratic South Texas
The GOP flipped only one of the three congressional seats it wanted this cycle. But the party made inroads down the ballot.
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Texas 2022 Elections
Vicente Gonzalez holds back Republican surge, returns 34th Congressional District to Democratic control
The Democratic congressman ousted Rep. Mayra Flores, R-Los Indios, who had won a special election in June. The race was key to Republican efforts to win over Hispanic voters in South Texas.
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Texas 2022 Elections
Monica De La Cruz becomes first Republican to win in 15th Congressional District in South Texas
De La Cruz defeated Democrat Michelle Vallejo, a political newcomer who ran on a platform of progressive social policy and close family ties to the region.
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Texas 2022 Elections
Texas votes: Abortion, border security and marijuana energize voters on Election Day
Texas voters cast their ballots Tuesday with a wide variety of issues on their minds, including the state’s grid and the Uvalde shooting.
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Texas 2022 Elections
GOP Congressman Dan Crenshaw says election deniers know they’re lying
The representative from Houston said fellow Republicans admitted behind closed doors that the 2020 election wasn’t stolen, and he warned that such messaging could dangerously mislead voters.
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Texas 2022 Elections
Republican confidence grows as they eye a South Texas congressional sweep
Democrats are spending big to stop Republicans from flipping two of the three key battleground seats that have historically gone blue.
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Texas 2022 Elections
Republican Mayra Flores rejected from all-Democratic Hispanic caucus
The Congressional Hispanic Caucus bylaws explicitly block Republicans from joining due to major policy differences between members in the past.
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Politics
On “The View,” Ted Cruz refuses to acknowledge that President Joe Biden was legitimately elected
On the show, the Texas Republican repeatedly redirected attention to Democrats who had previously bemoaned their own electoral losses.
