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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.
TX-18
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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Texas Political Spotlight
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Michael and Susan Dell’s unprecedented $6.25 billion pledge to expand federal “Trump Accounts” aims to boost long-term savings for 25 million American children. In Lubbock, Texas Tech’s new classroom restrictions on race, gender identity, and sexuality have ignited an immediate clash over academic freedom and curriculum control. And in Northeast Texas, Rep. Gary VanDeaver’s decision not to seek reelection opens a pivotal Republican primary.
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Texas Political Spotlight
Welcome back, friends
Michael and Susan Dell’s unprecedented $6.25 billion pledge to expand federal “Trump Accounts” aims to boost long-term savings for 25 million American children. In Lubbock, Texas Tech’s new classroom restrictions on race, gender identity, and sexuality have ignited an immediate clash over academic freedom and curriculum control. And in Northeast Texas, Rep. Gary VanDeaver’s decision not to seek reelection opens a pivotal Republican primary.
We hope you enjoyed today’s read!
Texas Political Spotlight
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Texas voters approved one of the largest property tax relief packages in state history on Tuesday, raising the homestead exemption to $140,000 and granting new tax breaks for seniors, people with disabilities, and small businesses. In Austin, residents rejected Proposition Q, a plan to fund public safety, homelessness programs, and city facility initiatives through a property tax hike, forcing city leaders to rework the budget and brace for service cuts. Meanwhile, Bexar County voters narrowly passed Propositions A and B, greenlighting up to $311 million in tourism-funded support for a new downtown Spurs arena and upgrades to the Freeman Coliseum grounds.
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Texas Political Spotlight
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Former Vice President Dick Cheney, one of the most influential and controversial figures in modern American politics, has died at 84, remembered by former President George W. Bush as a “patriot” whose intellect and conviction shaped decades of U.S. policy. In Texas, the Education Agency announced a sweeping takeover of Fort Worth ISD, the state’s second-largest intervention, citing years of academic underperformance and plans to install new local managers. And in Washington, a United Airlines flight was evacuated after a bomb threat, prompting an FBI investigation that later found no explosives, allowing operations to resume safely.
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