TX-24: This North Texas congressional race is drawing big dollars from Democrats, Republicans
One of the most high-profile, big-dollar congressional races in the nation is taking place in North Texas.
District 24, which stretches from Hurst to DFW Airport, Grapevine, Carrollton and Addison, features two women who are solidly backed by their respective parties.
Republican Beth Van Duyne, a former Irving mayor, has been endorsed by President Trump and is running on a classic law-and-order platform. Her opponent, Democrat Candace Valenzuela, is campaigning on many of her party’s national themes such as better health care.
“It’s security and order, versus protests and social justice,” said Matthew Eshbaugh-Soha, political science professor at the University of North Texas in Denton.
The candidates have amassed plenty of funding for the final weeks of the campaign. As of June 30, the most recent federal election filing period, Van Duyne had raised $1.43 million compared to $1.11 million for Valenzuela, according to OpenSecrets.org.
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