Cameos at GOP convo for Reps. Pete Sessions, Quico Canseco
comments ()TAMPA, Fla. – Dallas Rep. Pete Sessions has introduced some of the GOP candidates he hopes to be serving with next year in the U.S. House. Sessions is in his second term chairing the...
View ArticleTX23: Pete Gallego leads Rep. Quico Canseco in enviro-backed poll; LCV...
comments ()Democratic challenger Pete Gallego holds a narrow lead over tea party freshman U.S. Rep. Francisco “Quico” Canseco in a poll of West Texas voters released today by two Democratic-leaning...
View ArticleNew NRCC ad: Gallego “breaking the promise of Medicare”
comments ()Updated: Gallego spokeswoman Rebecca Acuna released a statement in response to the ad, which in part reads: “The claims on Medicare in the NRCC’s ads have been called false by countless fact...
View ArticleTX23: New ad criticizes Canseco’s clean energy record
comments () WASHINGTON — The League of Conservation Voters on Thursday unleashed another blistering ad against San Antonio Rep. Francisco “Quico” Canseco, R-San Antonio. The ad buy, coming in at...
View ArticleTX23: New Canseco-backed poll paints a different picture
comments ()New polling data released by Rep. Francisco “Quico” Canseco’s campaign shows the freshman congressman with a 10-point lead on his Democratic challenger, Pete Gallego. The new poll is...
View ArticleTX 23: Canseco and Gallego release their latest campaign finance reports
comments ()As reported earlier this week, millions of outside dollars have poured into the West Texas race between incumbent Rep. Francisco “Quico” Canseco, R-San Antonio, and his Democratic...
View ArticleTX 23: Clinton to campaign for Pete Gallego on Thursday
comments ()Former U.S. President Bill Clinton will campaign Thursday at a San Antonio high school on behalf of Democrat challenger Pete Gallego, who is trying to unseat incumbent Rep. Francisco “Quico”...
View ArticleTX 23: Canseco is not conceding; cites voting irregularities
comments ()WASHINGTON — When the dust settled in the hard-fought 23rd district race last night, state Rep. Pete Gallego, D-Alpine, emerged victorious over incumbent Rep. Francisco “Quico” Canseco by...
View ArticleTX 23: Canseco continues to contest race outcome
comments ()The hard-fought race in the 23rd district may have ended with Democratic candidate Pete Gallego winning by 9,222 votes, but incumbent Rep. Francisco “Quico” Canseco has still not conceded....
View ArticleTX 23: Canseco concedes to Gallego
comments ()Updated with statement from Gallego: In a statement released by his campaign, Gallego said, “I appreciate the congratulatory call from Mr. Canseco. It was a long and difficult campaign for...
View ArticlePete Gallego joins Blue Dogs, heads to Harvard with other TX freshmen
comments ()Pete Gallego is now a Blue Dog. The fiscally conservative coalition of House Democrats announced that the Alpine Democrat has been accepted into the ranks, which also includes Rep. Henry...
View ArticleBoth sides eye Rep. Pete Gallego as potentially vulnerable
Democrats have identified freshman Rep. Pete Gallego as one of the 26 most vulnerable incumbents, with the party’s congressional campaign committee today listing him among members of its “Frontline...
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Demands for “operational control” of border from Texas Sen. John Cornyn and...
U.S. Border Patrol agents keep watch on the Rio Grande near Mission, Texas, on Feb. 13. (Kirsten Luce/The New York Times) With Congress poised for … [visit site to read more]
View ArticleTexas Democrats back effort supporting manufacturing jobs, growth
WASHINGTON — Three Texas lawmakers are joining with fellow House Democrats to encourage growth (read: jobs) in America’s manufacturing sector. Reps. Eddie Bernice Johnson of Dallas, Sheila Jackson Lee...
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GOP targets Rep. Pete Gallego, again, this time over comp time bill
Republicans are again setting their sights on freshman Rep. Pete Gallego. The Alpine Democrat ousted a one-term GOP lawmaker, Quico Canseco, last fall. He’s the only Democratic incumbent in Texas …...
View ArticleIRS scandal: Rep. Pete Gallego denounces, GOP tars
The GOP campaign machine has been doing its best to tar any and every Democrat with the IRS scandal. Since Monday, the National Republican Congressional Committee has hammered freshman Rep. Pete...
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Texas lawmakers seek to protect U.S. military bases from cuts
This file photo shows Navy mine warfare coutermeasure ships docked at Naval Station Ingleside near Corpus Christi. The base closed in 2010 as part of the previous round of military base realignments...
View ArticleHouse Dems see uphill battle to give strength back to Voting Rights Act
The Supreme Court has left it to Congress to determine new standards for which states or local governments would need prior approval from the federal government before making any changes to their...
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Hispanic lawmakers upbeat on immigration after Obama meeting
Rep. Rubén Hinojosa, D-Mercedes, chairman of Congressional Hispanic Caucus, speaks to reporters after a White House meeting with the president to discuss a proposed immigration overhaul. (AP...
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Challengers emerge for Texas freshmen in U.S. House races
Then-Republican Rep. Francisco "Quico" Canseco, and Democratic State Rep. Pete Gallego at a debate Sept. 25, 2012 in San Antonio, Texas. (AP Photo/The San Antonio Express-News, John Albright) Two...
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DCCC chairman calls Rep. Pete Gallego the Texas “front,” shrugs off remap ruling
Rep. Steve Israel, chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, shrugged off last week's federal court ruling on Texas' congressional map. (courtesy Christian Science Monitor)visit...
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Rep. Pete Gallego, challengers in West Texas congressional district weigh in...
Then -Republican Rep. Francisco "Quico" Canseco, left, and then-Democratic State Rep. Pete Gallego at a debate on Sept. 25, 2012 in San Antonio. (AP Photo/The San Antonio Express-News, John...
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In West Texas, Will Hurd outraises Quico Canseco; Rep. Pete Gallego still leads
Rep. Pete Gallego, D-Alpine, reenacting his oath of office Jan. 3. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite) WASHINGTON — … [visit site to read more]
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Texas Republicans all opposed debt deal, Democrats supported it
House Rules Committee Chairman Pete Sessions, R-Dallas, after a meeting with Speaker John Boehner on Tuesday night. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)visit site to read more]
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Reps. Pete Gallego, Filemon Vela want refund for botched ACA website
Problems have plagued the HealthCare.gov insurance exchange website. (AFP/Karen Bleier) WASHINGTON — Democratic … [visit site to read more]
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Gallego, Vela break from party, vote to fix health care law
Gallego The post has been updated with a quote from Rep. Gallego. WASHINGTON - Two Texas Democrats, Reps. Pete Gallego of Alpine and Filemon … [visit site to read more]
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Quico Canseco will try to reclaim seat from Rep. Pete Gallego
Then-Rep. Francisco "Quico" Canseco with rival Pete Gallego (right) on Sept. 25, 2012, at Palo Alto College in San Antonio. (AP/The San Antonio Express-News, John Albright)visit site to read more]
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Texans bringing military, law enforcement guests to State of the Union
WASHINGTON — The guest list for Tuesday night’s State of the Union speech is coming into focus. Reps. Randy Weber, R-Friendswood, and Pete Gallego, D-Alpine, have invited … [visit site to read more]
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Rep. Pete Gallego holds commanding fundraising lead
Rep. Pete Gallego, D-Alpine, and family at his ceremonial swearing-in with House Speaker John Boehner, left, on Jan. 3, 2013. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)visit site to read more]
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Democratic hit Canseco and Hurd on GOP budget
Republican U.S. Rep. Francisco "Quico" Canseco, left, and Democratic State Rep. Pete Gallego have a laugh onstage at the conclusion of a Spanish-language debate on Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2012 at Palo Alto...
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Gallego joins Texas GOP call to investigate VA wait lists
Then-Rep. Francisco "Quico" Canseco with rival and current Rep. Pete Gallego (right) on Sept. 25, 2012, at Palo Alto College in San Antonio. (AP/The San Antonio Express-News, John Albright)visit site...
View ArticleMedical marijuana bill passes House with support from Stockman, many Texas...
Tim Timmons holds a glass pipe filled with marijuana prior to smoking it at his Garland home October 26, 2010. Timmons, who suffers from multiple sclerosis, has offered to go before the Texas...
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Cornyn calls Obama “amazingly stubborn” on border, sees little value in...
President Obama walks down 15th Street in Denver after dinner at Wazee Supper Club on Tuesday. He heads to Dallas on Wednesday. ((AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin))visit site to read more]
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Cuellar trades heat with White House; Obama has time for billiards but not...
Obama, right, plays pool with Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper at Wynkoop Brewing Co. on July 8, 2014, in Denver. (AP/Jacquelyn Martin)visit site to read more]
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Conservative groups to spend $1 million to defeat Gallego
Rep. Pete Gallego, D-Texas, stands with his family for a ceremonial photo with Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, left, in the Rayburn Room of the Capitol after the new 113th Congress convened...
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GOP campaign committee to boost Will Hurd with ads in run against Pete Gallego
Republican Will Hurd is taking on freshman Democratic Rep. Pete Gallego in Texas' 23rd district. (Hurd campaign ad) WASHINGTON — The National Republican Congressional Committee … [visit site to read...
View ArticleGOP casts Gallego as job killer in new TV ad
WASHINGTON — The National Republican Congressional Committee is out with its first TV ad aimed at freshman Rep. Pete Gallego, painting him as a job killer and tarring him as an ally of the president ....
View ArticleDCCC hits Will Hurd over education, veterans issues in new ads
WASHINGTON — The Democratic Congressional Committee launched a pair of ads Wednesday blasting Republican Will Hurd over veterans and education issues. The 30-second spots feature a veteran and teacher...
View ArticleNRCC attacks Gallego for connection to environmentalists
WASHINGTON — The National Republican Congressional Committee ramped up its attacks Friday on Rep. Pete Gallego, slamming him in a TV ad for siding with “radical” environmentalists and stunting job...
View ArticleRepublican group hits Gallego over health care law
WASHINGTON — A conservative group debuted a TV ad today hammering freshman Rep. Pete Gallego for supporting the health care law and being “too liberal for Texas.” The Congressional Leadership Fund...
View ArticleGallego touts his support for border security, Latinos
WASHINGTON — Rep. Pete Gallego’s campaign has launched a pair of ads. One touts his border security credentials and another, narrated in Spanish, his support for public education and Latinos. The...
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Gallego campaign reports more than $504k cash on hand
Rep. Pete Gallego, D-Texas, stands with his family for a ceremonial photo with Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, on Jan. 3, 2013, in Washington. (AP Photo/J.Scott Applewhite)visit site to...
View ArticleIn TX 23, Perry lends support to Hurd
WASHINGTON — In West Texas, Republican Will Hurd is getting a boost from one of the state’s best-known politicians: Gov. Rick Perry. In a TV ad launched today, Perry praises Hurd for his background on...
View ArticleIn West Texas, Gallego holds fundraising lead over Hurd
WASHINGTON — Less than three weeks from Election Day, Rep. Pete Gallego, D-Alpine, has $511,000 cash on hand compared to Republican challenger Will Hurd’s $202,000. Gallego’s total raised for the...
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Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates endorses Will Hurd
In this June 2011 file photo, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates takes questions from the media at the Pentagon. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) WASHINGTON — Former CIA director … [visit site to read more]
View ArticleIn TX 23, Hurd leads Gallego in early returns; other Texans in U.S. House...
Update, 8:01 p.m.: Hurd leads Gallego 54 percent to 44 percent, with 4 percent of precincts reporting. The Associated Press has called several other U.S. House races in Texas, all in favor of...
View ArticleHinojosa, Hurd to be most vulnerable Texans in U.S. House next year
WASHINGTON — Democratic Rep. Rubén Hinojosa and Republican Will Hurd will head into Congress next year as the most vulnerable lawmakers in the Texas delegation. It’s common for lawmakers in the 23rd...
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Report: DCCC urging Pete Gallego to run again in 2016
(AP Photo/J.Scott Applewhite)Rep. Pete Gallego, D-Alpine, stands with his family for a ceremonial photo with Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, on Jan. 3, 2013.visit site to read more]
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Gallego seeks comeback, will challenge Hurd for volatile W.Texas seat
One-term Rep. Pete Gallego waves to supporters on election night in 2012. Update 12:25 … [visit site to read more]
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Gallego blasts Hurd over vote to repeal D.C. reproductive health law
Former Rep. Pete Gallego, D-Alpine, on election night in 2012 with his family. … [visit site to read more]
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