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Related: About this forumTexas poised to send its first two Latinas to Congress
by Abby Livingston and Julián Aguilar, Texas TribuneThe state of Texas is all but certain to break a major glass ceiling and send at least one, and likely two, Hispanic women to Congress next year.
In El Paso, former El Paso County Judge Veronica Escobar declared victory Tuesday night in her race to replace Democratic U.S. Rep. Beto O'Rourke, who is running for the U.S. Senate.
Across the state, state Sen. Sylvia Garcia won her bid for the Democratic nomination for the seat to replace U.S. Rep. Gene Green, D-Houston.
Each woman won the Democratic primary in districts that are heavily in favor of their party in the fall.
The two women are also likely to be in the first class of Texas freshmen women elected to a full term in Congress in 22 years and they may yet be joined by more women from both sides of the aisle in the fall.
Read more: https://www.texastribune.org/2018/03/06/texas-poised-send-first-two-latinas-congress/
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Texas poised to send its first two Latinas to Congress (Original Post)
TexasTowelie
Mar 2018
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McCamy Taylor
(19,240 posts)1. Towelie!
Cha
(297,120 posts)2. Great news for Texas
and the country!
Gracias, TT
ehrnst
(32,640 posts)3. K&R
brer cat
(24,555 posts)4. Great news, TT.
K&R
Gothmog
(145,086 posts)5. Yeah for Sylvia Garcia