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I think it becomes incumbent upon a candidate to essentially disavow some of the things that are in that party platform. Otherwise, I think the assumption is that you are a true believer.
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There's no such thing as anybody who can't be beat; everybody can be beat. It's a question of how hard you're willing to work. It's a question of the environment, the surroundings. Frankly, there's a lot of issues with timing.
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One of the things that ties people together, whether they live in a rural or urban area, is the really big number of people who have served in the military. Veterans issues are very important in the district.
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As an incumbent, if you are winning, your commercials are about motherhood and apple pie and the flag.
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If immigration reform doesn't happen, that doesn't say good things about our democracy, that everybody wants it, but Congress couldn't pass it.
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For me, the issue is if I'm your advocate, if I'm your representative, my job is to stand up for you and talk about you and defend you.
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The men and women at our borders, given adequate resources, are doing an excellent job of keeping us safe.
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I like having a battleground district because I think that's real-life America.
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I think 'immigration' is a bad word for many Republicans.
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It was in the best interests of Zavala and other counties that we move forward with a farm bill and provide certainty to ranchers, farmers, food banks, and other providers.
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Our voting records are not necessarily the same, but, you know, we're all Texans, and at the end of the day, we try to help each other out.
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There's this fight for the heart and soul of the Republican Party, and until that fight gets settled - because they're the majority - there's a lot of things that are pretty much on hold.
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Turnout is good for the system.
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PACs don't vote in the district; people do.
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People don't have the opportunity to be larger than life anymore - they're afraid of seeing it on the Internet.
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A lawmaker cannot be pro-sequester while also purporting to be pro-national security or supportive of a strong economy.
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We've made our living for a long time on commerce and trade at the border.