Tuesday was the deadline for candidates to report their third-quarter fundraising numbers to the Federal Election Commission.
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Former U.S. Rep. Pete Sessions subpoenaed by grand jury investigating Giuliani and associates
The subpoena seeks records about Sessions’ dealings with Rudy Giuliani and two business associates who had been helping Giuliani investigate Joe Biden.
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Primary fights few and far between as Texas Republicans focus on November 2020
With two months until the filing deadline for the 2020 primary, the Texas GOP is dealing with fewer intra-party fights than usual.
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Former U.S. Rep. Pete Sessions announces campaign for open Bill Flores seat
The former Republican congressman for Dallas made it official Thursday in Waco: He wants back in Congress, but not in his old district.
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Pete Sessions expected to announce a run for open Bill Flores seat
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.
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Congress
Gina Ortiz Jones raises massive $1 million haul in third quarter
The Democrat is running for the seat being vacated by retiring U.S. Rep. Will Hurd, R-Helotes, after narrowly losing to him last year.
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Democratic leaders in the House rally behind U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar amid primary challenge
During appearances this weekend in Austin, U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Cheri Bustos, the head of House Democrats’ campaign arm, gave back-up to Cuellar.
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Analysis: For Texas Republicans, one election is no longer enough
Add a word to the Republican vocabulary in Texas: November. After two decades of GOP dominance, the party’s candidates are still winning, but they can’t safely assume that they’ve got an election in the bag after they win the GOP’s March primaries.
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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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Congress
Analysis: A small, but ill-timed exodus of Texas Republicans from Congress
Three Texas Republicans have announced they won’t seek reelection in 2020, and that will probably turn out to be an incomplete roster of retirees. It couldn’t come at a better time for Democrats hoping to have a hand in redistricting the state’s congressional delegation in 2021.
