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TexasTowelie

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Wed Nov 11, 2020, 12:08 AM Nov 2020

Congress Hopeful Candace Valenzuela Concedes to Republican Beth Van Duyne

A week after Election Day, Democratic congressional hopeful Candace Valenzuela is conceding. Republican Beth Van Duyne is heading to the U.S. House of Representatives to represent District 24, which covers the Dallas-Tarrant county line and a portion of Denton County.

Former Irving Mayor Van Duyne served in the Trump administration’s Department of Housing and Urban Development from 2017 to 2019.

Valenzuela, an educator and former Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD school board member, acknowledged defeat in a statement Tuesday.

“Now that nearly all the votes have been counted and there is no longer a path, we are conceding. I want to congratulate Beth Van Duyne on her victory,” she said.

Read more: https://www.dallasobserver.com/news/candace-valenzuela-concedes-to-beth-van-duyne-in-congressional-race-11960771

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Congress Hopeful Candace Valenzuela Concedes to Republican Beth Van Duyne (Original Post) TexasTowelie Nov 2020 OP
Texas. It's time to have hard talks. Van Duyne is deplorable. Shell_Seas Nov 2020 #1
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