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Watch a conversation about Latino influence on national politics at the 2024 Texas Tribune Festival
Read full article: Watch a conversation about Latino influence on national politics at the 2024 Texas Tribune FestivalFormer HUD Secretary Julián Castro will speak with Maria Teresa Kumar, Mike Madrid and Luis Miranda Jr. The conversation starts at 3:15 p.m. Friday.
Democratic Congressman Lloyd Doggett calls on Biden to withdraw from presidential race
Read full article: Democratic Congressman Lloyd Doggett calls on Biden to withdraw from presidential raceDoggett, 77, is the first Democratic member of Congress to call for Biden to withdraw from the ticket since his debate.
Texas politicians flock to Georgia to aid in fight for U.S. Senate majority
Read full article: Texas politicians flock to Georgia to aid in fight for U.S. Senate majorityNo candidate cleared 50% of the vote in the respective races, and Georgia law requires a runoff in such cases. Earlier this week, Castro, the former U.S. housing secretary and San Antonio mayor, spent two days in Georgia stumping with both Ossoff and Warnock. Another high-profile Texas Republican, Crenshaw, has already visited the state and plans to return before the end of the month. The state party has been mobilizing volunteers on its Mighty Texas Strike Force to head to Georgia, with the largest deployment expected to happen after Christmas. In a sign of how the political world has gone all in on Georgia, the campaigners from Texas have not gone unnoticed by other out-of-state surrogates.