Josh Malone funded a super PAC that spent over $400,000 working to defeat the Plano congressman, who got forced into a primary runoff and then admitted to an affair and ended his campaign.
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Texas 2022 Elections
U.S. Rep. Van Taylor ends reelection campaign after he admits to affair
Taylor made the stunning announcement hours after he finished his five-way primary with 49% of the vote. Former Collin County Judge Keith Self, who finished second, is now likely to become the next congressman for the 3rd District.
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Texas 2022 Elections
U.S. Rep. Van Taylor faces runoff election with candidate attacking his Jan. 6 commission vote
Taylor’s race was one of several congressional primaries Tuesday night in Texas that put on display spirited debates inside each party.
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Texas 2022 Elections
This Texas congressman voted to investigate the Jan. 6 riot. Now fellow Republicans are trying to unseat him.
Van Taylor has attracted a group of March primary challengers who are running on his support for a bipartisan independent commission to probe that deadly day, when supporters of former President Donald Trump stormed the Capitol in protest of his reelection loss.
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Texas 2020 Elections
Collin County is the center of a political storm as the Texas suburbs become more competitive for Democrats
A Republican stronghold as recently as a few years ago, the county north of Dallas is now home to two of the most hotly contested state House races and a congressional contest about which Democrats are increasingly bullish.
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Demographics
The census doesn’t count Arab Americans. That leaves some Texans feeling invisible.
The census does not include an option for people to identify as Middle Eastern or North African Americans. That leaves Arab Texans to identify as white or “other” on the all-important national count.
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Texas 2020 Elections
National Democrats add three more Texas congressional districts to target list
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee announced Wednesday it is now targeting Reps. Van Taylor of Plano, Roger Williams of Austin and Ron Wright of Arlington.
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State Government
Abbott signs measure that tightens state law on child brides
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed a bill Thursday to prohibit people younger than 18 from marrying unless a judge consents. The measure also prohibits anyone under 16 from getting married.
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State Government
Former child bride lobbies for bill to save others from her nightmare
At 14, Trevicia Williams was forced to marry a 26-year-old ex-convict. Nearly 40,000 children were married from 2000 to 2014 in Texas, but a bill that made it to the governor’s desk Tuesday seeks to stop this practice.
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Senator aims to open legislators’ pension records to public
Sen. Van Taylor’s bill would let the public find out when former lawmakers with felony convictions are receiving state pensions