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‘Giving back to a man who sacrificed so much’: Spring Branch volunteers come together to help 98-year-old WWII veteran
Read full article: ‘Giving back to a man who sacrificed so much’: Spring Branch volunteers come together to help 98-year-old WWII veteranA group of Spring Branch community members came to the aid of a WWII veteran Wednesday.
Texas Republicans fighting off Democrats in battleground congressional races
Read full article: Texas Republicans fighting off Democrats in battleground congressional racesTexas Democrats are hoping to flip several congressional seats held by Republicans on Election Day. At least five Republican incumbents whom Democrats targeted cruised to reelection, according to races called by Decision Desk HQ. Similarly, U.S. Rep. Van Taylor, R-Plano, also held off a challenge from Democrat Lulu Seikaly in Collin County's 3rd Congressional District. Three new members-elect in safe Republican seats also won their races, according to Decision Desk HQ. In the 4th Congressional District that covers the northeastern part of the state, State Sen. Pat Fallon will replace John Ratcliffe, who is now director of National Intelligence.
Trump plays on fears in play for the suburbs
Read full article: Trump plays on fears in play for the suburbsRepublicans lost more than three dozen suburban House districts in 2018, when suburban voters backed Democrats by an 11-point margin, according to AP VoteCast polling. Republicans have long relied on finding upper-income and white voters in the growing suburbs to build on their base in rural America and win elections. In 2018, one in four suburban voters identified as nonwhite, according to AP VoteCast. Back in Quakertown, Alex Whalen, 19, said she thinks Trump will lose just as many suburban voters as he gains with his law-and-order pitch. The Democrat doesn't think voters will recognize the sort of urban chaos he is describing.