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In a fiery address Tuesday morning, Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick (R) scolded American Airlines, Major League Baseball, and other corporations for meddling in politics while defending SB7, the Senate s recently passed Election and Ballot Security bill.
Opponents said Senate Bill 7 limits polling hours, eliminates drive-through voting, and includes some changes to the mail-in ballot process. Patrick said the bill is not about voter suppression, as opponents have said, but rather voter security and that the bill is needed because Americans no longer trust the system and a country where voters do not trust the system is a country in peril.
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With Few Options, Texas Dems Need Beto O Rourke to Challenge Gov Abbott in 2022
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With few other options, Texas Democrats need Beto O’Rourke to challenge GOP Gov. Greg Abbott in 2022
The rising stars of the Democratic Party aren’t ready to mount major statewide campaigns.
Democrat Beto O’Rourke is considering running for governor against two-time Republican incumbent Greg Abbott. O’Rourke, a former congressman from El Paso, was a 2020 presidential candidate and in 2018 he lost a Senate race to incumbent Republican Ted Cruz by 2.6 percentage points. (Photos by Lynda M. Gonzalez, left, and Rose Baca, right)
With few other viable options, Texas Democrats are hoping that next year former Rep. Beto O’Rourke challenges Republican incumbent Greg Abbott for governor.