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The Texas governorship was long considered a weak position until Republican Gov. Greg Abbott and his predecessor Rick Perry each spent long tenures amassing the kind of political sway needed to deftly achieve their agendas.
If Democratic state Rep. Gina Hinojosa manages to stop Abbott from securing a fourth term Tuesday, she’d be pulling
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