Trump Haunts Hurd, Gallego Congressional Rematch
SAN ANTONIO — The Democratic candidate wants to make the election about Donald Trump. The Republican wants nothing to do with his party's presidential nominee.
It’s a familiar dynamic unfolding in many congressional battles across the country, but it is especially pitched in Texas’ 23rd U.S. House district — a swing district with a large Hispanic population that Democrats hope will respond to Trump's anti-immigrant rhetoric by returning Democrat Pete Gallego to the seat he lost two years ago.
After eking out a two-point victory in 2014, incumbent freshman Republican Will Hurd knows he's vulnerable.
“I was hesitant to be tough ... on my opponent last time,” Hurd said last month at his campaign kick-off. “But this time I have no qualms about it."
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