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McALLEN — Democratic voters in South Texas had a message this election for U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay — it’s going to take more than a new congressional map in Texas to get rid of 10-year veteran Lloyd Doggett. Doggett, an Austin Democrat who had to jump out of the new Republican-leaning District 10 in order to run in the new District 25, beat Republican challenger and former Public Utility Chair Becky Armendariz Klein of Austin. DeLay, a Republican from Sugar Land, baptized and then pushed congressional redistricting legislation through the Texas Legislature in October 2003, succeeding only after...

- Becky Armendariz Klein, the Republican nominee for Congressional District 25, announced her support for renaming the Three Rivers Post Office after Felix Longoria. Longoria, a Three Rivers native killed during combat in the Philippines during World War II, was buried at Arlington National Cemetery after the intervention of former President Lyndon B. Johnson. "It is important for America to express its appreciation for those who pay the ultimate price for all of us to have freedom," Armendariz Klein said. "After speaking to family members, it is apparent to me that Mr. Longoria is truly symbolic of all Americans who...

Rep. Lloyd Doggett fights for his political life against Leticia Hinojosa. PALMVIEW — With a practiced smile and outstretched hand, U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett recently greeted two cleaning ladies at the newly dedicated Garcia Middle School in this booming Hidalgo County town. Nervously, they retreated. But with shy smiles, they shook his hand after Libby, the candidate's wife and a longtime bilingual education teacher, told them in Spanish, "My husband's a congressman, and we'd appreciate your support." Doggett, who hasn't lost an election in 20 years, began campaigning in South Texas two months before the newly drawn 25th Congressional District...