Gabby Birenbaum
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dc correspondent @texastribune via @report4america | was @thenvindy @monthly, @voxdotcom | Jayden Daniels enthusiast | ✉️ [email protected]
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Joined March 2014
.@JohnCornyn encourages @JasmineForUS to run for his Senate seat: “I’m hoping she runs. She’s a great representative of the modern Democratic Party. And she will be completely obliterated in a general election because Texas voters, I don’t think, will want any of that.”
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Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, on President Trump's proposal to import more beef from Argentina:
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The new TX-29 went from being majority-Hispanic to a coalition district --- and a primary battle threatens to unearth potential fractures in Democrats' multi-racial coalition. Latino Dems in TX say that was intentional. More for @TexasTribune: https://t.co/ZwjMXr5ltt
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Inbox: Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) is coming to The Woodlands in November for a fireside chat event with Rep. Dan Crenshaw Crenshaw is facing a competitive primary from state Rep. Steve Toth
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One side effect here is that DFW Dems will need to decide how to shrink their House group from three to two if the map holds up in court Crockett running for Senate would be one way to resolve that
Rep. Jasmine Crockett says on @SIRIUSXM that she “will strongly be considering hopping in” to the U.S. Senate race in Texas:
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Rep. Jasmine Crockett says on @SIRIUSXM that she “will strongly be considering hopping in” to the U.S. Senate race in Texas:
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Inbox: Cornyn endorsed by the Texas Association of Manufacturers, Texas Chemistry Council and Texas Homebuilders Association #txsen
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Rep. Beth Van Duyne (R-Texas) called for the House to return to session during the GOP conference call today, according to a source on the call. Van Duyne said "I think the longer that we are out, the messaging is starting to get old," per source. She said she wants to be on
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Fav/unfav here for the GOP #TXSen candidates among Rs: Cornyn-51%/17% Paxton-46%/30% Hunt-36%/12% Dems among Ds: Allred-59%/16% Talarico-37%/9%
UT Tyler poll | 9/17-9/24 RV 🟦Texas Senate Democratic primary Colin Allred 42% James Talarico 30% — 🟥Texas Senate Republican primary (two-way) John Cornyn 39% Ken Paxton 37% — 🟥Texas Senate Republican primary (three-way) Ken Paxton 31% John Cornyn 29% Wesley Hunt 14%
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A few other notes: -Trump approval rating in TX is even (49%-49%); -21 among Latino voters General election matchups: Cornyn 43% / Allred 37% Allred 41% / Paxton 38% Cornyn 41% / Talarico 35% Paxton 38% / Talarico 37% Talarico 37% / Hunt 36% Hunt 38% / Allred 37% MOE = 3.1%
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UT-Tyler Poll from Sept. 17-24 (before Hunt got in): Two-way: Cornyn 39% Paxton 37% Three-way: Paxton 31% Cornyn 29% Hunt 14% Favorability in a Trump+12 sample: Cornyn -2 Paxton -18 Hunt +1 (49% don't know enough) Allred +7 Talarico +10 (56% DKE) https://t.co/FhzTBbvaSE
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CHIP ROY, the Texas Republican who is also running for AG, says it’s time for Senate Republicans to talk about eliminating the filibuster. “at a minimum, why don't we take a look at it for CRs, right? Why don't we just say, look, I mean, we have a 50 vote threshold for the
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Apr '25: Abbott sets special election for Nov Aug '25: Texas Legislature passes map reshaping TX-18, moving 75% of voters into new districts Nov '25: Special election under old lines of TX-18 Jan or Feb '26: Likely runoff under old lines Mar '26: TX-18 primary under new lines
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Timeline of events: March '24: Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee wins TX-18 Dem primary for her seat after losing Houston mayoral July '24: Jackson Lee dies Aug '24: Harris County Dems pick Sylvester Turner as their nominee Nov '24: Turner wins Mar '25: Turner dies
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New from me: Early voting begins in the TX-18 special election today, where Houston candidates are both trying to pitch voters and make sure they know they can vote in a district that's been vacant for months in an election taking place under the old map https://t.co/pphBZfBk6S
texastribune.org
Voters in the heavily Democratic district have expressed confusion about who can vote — after the boundaries were upended by a GOP gerrymander — and what November’s special election is for.
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“Me getting in this race ensures that you’re going to have a conservative warrior [in the Senate]. Ken Paxton has been just that. The only thing that I think will be really different, quite frankly, is our age.” More from Rep. Wesley Hunt in @TexasTribune
https://t.co/5U5OQHyu28
texastribune.org
Hunt, 43, said his entry into the race to defeat U.S. Sen. John Cornyn guarantees that a “conservative warrior” will be Texas’ next senator — and that only he and Paxton fit the bill.
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#TX34 could end up being one of the most expensive House races in the country. Among Rs, Mayra Flores' burn rate is putting her behind 🔴Eric Flores: $550k raised; $437k COH 🔵Rep. Vicente Gonzalez: $444k raised; $1.27M COH 🔴Mayra Flores: $429k raised; $148k COH
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New polling from UH Hobby School of #TX18 special election shows that we're likely headed to a runoff. https://t.co/s2QhE0dJlO
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New from @birenbomb: A look at the complicated fundraising picture in the #txsen GOP primary, where Cornyn and Paxton can't agree on whether to count joint fundraising committee $. What's clear for now: Cornyn heads into the fall with a big cash advantage
texastribune.org
Texas’ senior senator outraised his foes across his campaign operation, though some of the money is ineligible to be transferred to his main account.
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