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TexasTowelie

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Sun Nov 17, 2013, 04:38 PM Nov 2013

Republicans have ground to make up in Rio Grande Valley

State senator and Democratic gubernatorial front runner Wendy Davis visited the Rio Grande Valley earlier this month, holding campaign events in Brownsville, Mission and Pharr.

Republican front runner Attorney General Greg Abbott wasn’t far behind. The man seeking to become the first Catholic governor of Texas visited Mission for an event last week and is set to visit Harlingen on Tuesday.

The attention candidates are paying to the region highlights the growing influence the area — and the Latino voters who make up the majority of its electorate — have on state politics.

“When I was a young political junkie, I would read the papers and read stories about how things were happening in the big cities, and things were rarely happening in the Valley,” said former state Rep. Aaron Peña, a Democrat-turned-Republican from Edinburg who did not seek reelection in 2012.

More at http://www.themonitor.com/news/local/article_0e2dde18-4f30-11e3-a2ad-0019bb30f31a.html .

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Republicans have ground to make up in Rio Grande Valley (Original Post) TexasTowelie Nov 2013 OP
I was in the Rio Grande Valley back in April and I took this picture: Xipe Totec Nov 2013 #1
Ya think? Rstrstx Nov 2013 #2

Rstrstx

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2. Ya think?
Mon Nov 18, 2013, 02:56 PM
Nov 2013

When Ds carry counties by 30,40,50 point margins there's little point running as an R. The real elections are in the D primaries. Abbott may come down here to get a little money out of the rich whites but how many times can you shake down 6 people?

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