O'Rourke Suspends Daily Campaign Tuesday To Treat Bacterial Infection

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A spokesperson for Democrat candidate for governor Beto O'Rourke told Reuters that doctors diagnosed him with a bacterial infection, causing him to suspend his  campaign for the day.

O'Rourke tweeted early Tuesday:

"After feeling ill on Friday, I went to Methodist Hospital in San Antonio where I was diagnosed with a bacterial infection.

The extraordinary team there — from custodians to nurses and doctors — gave me excellent care and attention, including IV antibiotics and rest."

The Reuters wire service felt it necessary to do a " fact check" to debunk rumors online that the Democrat nominee actually had monkeypox.

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Lt.Gov. Candidate Collier Says Patrick "Isn't A Good Republican"

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Democrat Lt. Gov. candidate Mike Collier is back with another attack ad against Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, this time, saying that while he knows many good Republicans, Patrick isn't one of them.

The basis for his claim is that he allegedly took money from corporate donors, in exchange for tax breaks, and wants to fund private schools with public tax money, which he says will hurt public schools, a common Democrat refrain.

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Both Congressional Candidates Face Challenges In South Texas Race

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In Texas’ most competitive congressional race this November, conventional wisdom would suggest that the candidates make their way toward the middle.

Democrats face the  challenge of running a far left candidate, Michelle Vallejo, in the newly drawn South Texas district that would have voted for former President Donald Trump by 2.8 percentage points in 2020, and massive infusions of cash from national Republicans hoping to tap into the area’s economic concerns amid record inflation. Meanwhile, Republicans will be pitching a conservative Hispanic Republican woman, Monica De La Cruz, in a Hispanic-majority region that has delivered Democrats victories for decades.

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Embattled Uvalde Police Chief Fired

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The Uvalde CISD has  fired police chief Pete Arredondo, three months after Robb Elementary massacre.

The embattled now-former chief was a no-show at Wednesday's school district meeting, instead submitting a 17-page statement asserting his First Amendment rights were violated.

The decision of the board was effective immediately.

He still remains an elected member of the city council, to which he was elected before the shooting at the school.

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Political Director of Texas Right To Life Arrested

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The political director of Texas Right To Life was arrested earlier this month in Conroe, Texas, for online solicitation of a minor. In a story originally broken by the far-right blog Current Revolt, and then picked up by left-wing blogs Democratic Underground and Living Blue in Texas, details of the August 3 arrest are still unknown.

Luke Bowen faces charges under Texas Penal Code § 33.021 § 33.021.Online Solicitation of a Minor.

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Uvalde Shooting Families File Civil suit Against Law Enforcement Agencies

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Families of victims and survivors of the May 24 shooting at Robb Elementary in Uvalde, Texas are filing a class-action lawsuit seeking $27 billion in damages that will target multiple law enforcement agencies on the federal, state and local levels, reports KSAT in San Antonio. 

The suit alleges the agencies violated the victims' rights under the Fourteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.

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Crenshaw Says FBI Raid "Automatically Political"

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Congressman Dan Crenshaw (R-Texas) said on Sunday that the FBI’s search of former President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence was “automatically political.” 

On CNN’s “State of the Union,” moderator Jake Tapper asked Crenshaw “if law enforcement is innocent until proven guilty,” referring to the skepticism that the agency has faced for executing a search warrant at the Florida estate. 

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Abbott Leads O'Rourke By 7 Points In Latest Poll

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Gov. Greg Abbott is maintaining a modest lead over Democrat Beto O’Rourke in the simmering race for Texas governor, though his road to victory could be bumpy. 

According to a new poll from The Dallas Morning News and the University of Texas at Tyler, Abbott has a 7-point cushion over O’Rourke, unchanged from a similar survey in May.

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Abbott, O'Rourke Release First TV Ads

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The first TV ad of general election from Gov. Greg Abbott drops today. It's a positive bio narrated by wife. His opponent Beto O'Rourke also just started airing an ad, less positive, attacking Abbott for his "extreme" policies.

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Collier Attacks Patrick In First Ad: "Fix The Damn Grid"

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Democrat nominee for Texas Lt. Gov. Mike Collier has launched his first TV ad, attacking incumbent lieutenant gov. Dan Patrick, and calling on him to "fix the damn grid." 

This call has been taken up by several Democrats candidates, and it's become a better from mantra on the campaign trail for several of them. 

He announced the ad in a Twitter post on his feed. It can also be viewed on his YouTube channel.
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O'Rourke Swears At Heckler Laughing At His Call For Stricter Gun Laws

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Texas Democratic gubernatorial candidate Beto O’Rourke dropped an 'F-bomb' while addressing a heckler during his talk about the tragic Uvalde school shooting. The man in question reportedly laughed as the former congressman addressed the massacre that took place in late May 2022.

Beto O’Rourke has been vocal about his criticism of local officials over their response to the school shooting and their failure to impose stricter gun control law that O'Rourke and other Democrats have been pushing. 

At the venue, O'Rourke again expressed his campaign's position for stricter gun control laws and regulations when an individual in the crowd holding an Abbott sign laughed at him. O'Rourke and angrily reorted, "It may be funny to you, mother f*cker, but it’s not funny to me.” 

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GOP Candidates Ask Supreme Court To Disqualify Their Libertarian Opponents

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A group of Texas Republicans has filed a petition to knock 23 Libertarian candidates off the November ballot for not paying their filing fees.

On August 8, 23 Texas Republicans filed a petition of mandamus with the Supreme Court of Texas to remove their Libertarian Party of Texas (LPT) competitors from the November general election ballot.

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Democrat Garza Vows To Disband "Wasteful" Election Integrity Unit Created By Paxton

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Rochelle Garza, did Democrat candidate for attorney general has vowed to disband and replace Ken Paxton's election integrity unit, which she calls "wasteful." 

Paxton, like other Republicans in the state, assert that it is important to pursue election fraud, while Democrats discount it, saying that election fraud is rare in Texas, and portray Republicans as using the issue to push legislation that makes it harder for minorities to vote.

In a tweet posted yesterday, Garza said:

"As your Attorney General, I will replace Ken Paxton's wasteful "election integrity unit" and I will make sure voting rights are protected so that EVERYONE'S vote counts."

In launching the election integrity unit just before last year's local elections, Paxton called it a "concentrated effort to devote agency lawyers, investigators, support staff, and resources to ensuring this local election season is run transparently and securely."

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Texas Candidates Raise nearly $100 Million For Races

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According to Ballotpedia, Texas candidates running for office in the 2022 election have raised nearly $100 million for their campaigns in this reporting period, with Republicans vastly out raising Democrats and candidates for governor in both parties vastly out raising candidates in other races.

In the Democratic Party, the top fundraisers in the most recent semiannual reporting period were:

• Beto O’Rourke (Governor) – $31,844,328
• Jay Kleberg (Land Commissioner) – $1,434,388
• Mike Collier (Lieutenant Governor) – $1,358,190

In the Republican Party, the top fundraisers in the most recent semiannual reporting period were:

Greg Abbott (Governor) – $30,018,811

Dan Patrick (Lieutenant Governor) – $6,252,091

Eva Guzman (Attorney General) – $4,223,448

Overall, Democratic officeholders and candidates raised $37.2 million in this period. Republican officeholders and candidates raised $60.6 million. Combined, all statewide officeholders and candidates in the Jan. 1, 2022, through June 30, 2022, filing period raised $97.9 million.

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