
Beto’s Lost Year
“I don't know what my role or yours will be going forward,” said the Texas Dems’ political star, after $70 million bought a bracing defeat.
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“I don't know what my role or yours will be going forward,” said the Texas Dems’ political star, after $70 million bought a bracing defeat.
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The senior senator from Texas has mastered the art of political subservience, making him very powerful—and perhaps vulnerable.
These candidates are back in the ring to prove that 2018 wasn’t a singular “year of the woman.”
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