The two Democratic presidential candidates from Texas are among those in Miami this week for the first debates of the 2020 primary.
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Texas 2020 Elections
“It’s like they’re frightened to talk to me”: Texas campaign workers of color face harassment, discrimination in the field
Many campaign workers of color in the state can recount harrowing experiences of block walking in predominantly white neighborhoods — a situation that could become increasingly common as some of those communities draw more competition in 2020.
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Texas 2020 Elections
Running while brown: How Julián Castro is navigating white presidential politics
For the only Latino in the race, the road to 2020 is lined by political hurdles that the white men running for president won’t face.
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Texas 2020 Elections
Beto O’Rourke releases veterans plan with health care trust fund, “war tax”
The Democratic presidential candidate uses his eighth policy announcement to focus on an area that he prioritized in Congress.
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Royce West meets with Chuck Schumer as he nears decision on campaign against John Cornyn
State Sen. Royce West, D-Dallas, met this week with the top Democrat in the U.S. Senate as he mulls a challenge to U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas.
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John Cornyn has never lost an election. He’s trying to convince Texas Republicans that his streak is in jeopardy in 2020.
“We are, I think, no longer the reliably red state we have been,” says the U.S. senator, who has emerged as a top target for Texas Democrats in 2020.
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Julián Castro unveils affordable housing platform aimed at increasing homeownership, decreasing discrimination
The former head of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development wants to address gentrification and provide tax cuts for Americans who spend more than 30% of their income on rent.
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University of Texas/Texas Tribune Polls
Trump’s reelection support is 50-50 in Texas, Biden and O’Rourke lead the Democrats, UT/TT Poll says
Texas voters are split when asked about reelecting the president, and Joe Biden and Beto O’Rourke are their favorites for the Democratic nomination to challenge him, according to the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll.
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New Republican group wants to register more voters to keep Texas red
The push by the group, a super PAC called Engage Texas, comes as national Democrats zero in on the state in 2020.
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Texas 2020 Elections
Texans Beto O’Rourke and Julián Castro will share the same stage on first night of first 2020 debates
O’Rourke and Castro will be onstage with eight other Democrats during the first of two debates in Miami later this month.
