Inside Downballot Dems’ Effort to Flip Texas’ Key County Battleground
Amid voter suppression and rampant ideological warfare, Tarrant County Democratic candidates try to capitalize on this surge of local anger.
Tyler Hicks
Tyler Hicks is a writer and journalist based in Dallas. His work has appeared in The New York Times, Rolling Stone, The Guardian and many other outlets across the world.
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