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Today’s News
  | Senate Race Democratic challenger Colin Allred releases an abortion-focused digital ad. Cruz currently leads Allred 47.6% to 41.5% in polling. Allred announced that he is launching “Texas Offense” on July 28, marking 100 days from election day. “Throughout my football career at Baylor and the NFL, I’ve always played defense,” Allred said in a press release. “But now, along with Texans from all across our state, we are fully on offense to beat Ted Cruz.” Texas Offense will coordinate volunteer efforts including organizing events, voter registration, rallies, and block walking. |
Rep. Doggett on Biden Rep. Lloyd Doggett was the first congressional Democrat to call on President Joe Biden to withdraw from the presidential race. Following Biden’s withdrawal, Doggett called for an open convention at the DNC. In an interview with the Texas Tribune, he said that he fully supports VP Kamala Harris as the Democratic nominee, but still believes that an open convention would have been preferrable. |  |
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At least three local Democratic politicians have declared or expressed interested in running to succeed the late U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee.
State Rep. Jarvis Johnson, who lost the SD 15 Special runoff earlier this year, declared his bid on Tuesday afternoon. Former Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner and Houston Councilwoman Letitia Plummer have also expressed interest in running. This will be the first time since 2020 that a congressional member needs to be replaced on the ballot ahead of the general election.
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Texas DNC delegates overwhelmingly endorse Kamala Harris for President (The Texan)
Texas lawmakers look again at limits on certain foreign land purchases (Amarillo Globe-News)
‘Customers deserve better’: Texas utility regulators criticize CenterPoint for slow Beryl response (Community Impact Newspaper) El Paso County leaders say migrant arrests cost millions of dollars (El Paso Times)
Kamala Harris outlines her vision in Houston speech: ‘We are not going back’ (Dallas Morning News)
State Rep. Jay Dean talks November election, school vouchers, property taxes (Longview News-Journal)
Biden’s will visit Austin’s LBJ presidential library on Monday to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Texas Tribune)
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