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Pete Gallego

Pete Gallego, initially elected to the Texas House in 1990, won election to the U.S. House in November 2012. He lost his re-election bid in 2014. In July 2018, he ran in a special election to represent Texas Senate District 19.

Pete Gallego

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By W. Gardner Selby
October 7, 2016

Says Will Hurd said a border-long U.S.-Mexico wall "absolutely makes sense."

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By Filipa Ioannou
May 26, 2016

Says Will Hurd "cosponsored a bill that would militarize our border and allow 200 miles of new roads to be built in the Big Bend…

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By Filipa Ioannou
November 15, 2015

Will Hurd "tends to have a 96 percent straight Republican, straight party voting record."

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By W. Gardner Selby
April 7, 2015

"Just two weeks ago, Congressman Hurd quit his post on the House Committee on Small Business saying that he was unable to find the time…

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By W. Gardner Selby
December 18, 2014

"This Congress made history as the least productive, most unpopular Congress in the history of this proud nation."

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By W. Gardner Selby
June 9, 2014

"The average student loan debt in Texas is over $22,000...the cost of an average size pickup truck." But unlike car owners, "students are not allowed…

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By W. Gardner Selby
June 25, 2013

Says 97 percent of food stamp benefits "are paid in the proper amounts to people who are really eligible."

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By Ciara O'Rourke
February 9, 2011

"In Mexico, they don't have birth certificates... they don’t have registration cards for voters. They have one national ID."

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