The LinkedIn co-founder’s donation was nearly 80% of the pro-Talarico super PAC’s second-quarter haul. It comes as the Austin Democrat wages a campaign focused on keeping big money out of politics.
Samanta Habashy
Sam Habashy is a Washington, D.C.-based reporting fellow covering Texas’ delegation from Capitol Hill. Sam is from Dallas and is a recent graduate of Northwestern University with a degree in journalism and international relations. She served as the founder of Northwestern’s Arab and Middle Eastern Journalists’ Association Chapter, edited for The Daily Northwestern and wrote for the Indianapolis Star, STAT News, Medill News Service, and Dallas’ Advocate Magazine.
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Houston ICE Shooting
Days after fatal ICE shooting, Texas GOP leaders remain silent about calls for independent probes
Almost none of the state’s major Republican officials have weighed in on the killing of a Houston man by federal agents, and U.S. Rep. Sylvia Garcia of Houston said she had not spoken with Gov. Greg Abbott.
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Health care
Four years after Dobbs, Texas abortion-rights advocates struggle to break through in Washington
Just 2% of Texas voters call abortion the state’s most pressing problem. Advocates are reframing the issue as one of reproductive healthcare that affects families’ pocketbooks.
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Politics
Cornyn says closed primaries could backfire on Texas GOP, breaking with Abbott, Paxton
The outgoing senator said requiring voters to register with a party — and limiting GOP primary access to registered Republicans — would be “paving the way to minority party status.”
