Democrat Candace Valenzuela is challenging Republican Beth van Duyne to represent Texas’ 24th Congressional District in the U.S. House. If elected, Valenzuela would be the first Black Latina in Congress. Van Duyne served six years on the Irving City Council and two terms as mayor before being appointed as an administrator for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development under President Donald Trump.
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