In San Antonio race, a Texas House firebrand guns for his old seat
by Shannon Najmabadi, Texas Tribune
Former Democratic state Rep. Trey Martinez Fischer was known as a pugilist in office, and as he seeks to rejoin the Texas Legislature he has found his next fight.
Martinez Fischer, 47, is running again for the northwest San Antonio seat he occupied for 16 years a seat he left to run, unsuccessfully, for the state senate in 2016. But to win a spot back in the Legislature, hell have to unseat the woman who replaced him, Diana Arévalo, a Democrat who has proven willing to land a few jabs of her own.
Im not going to be bullied out of this seat, Arévalo said in a recent interview. He chose to leave.
The House District 116 primary race has become one of the most unusual in the state. While it has featured typical disagreements over legislative strategies and how best to serve constituents, its also put some Democrats in the unorthodox position of supporting a former colleague over a current one. And it has caused the incumbent to raise questions of gender dynamics in the race and in the region she represents.
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