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A Republican managed to flip a Democratic-held Texas state House seat Tuesday in a district that President Joe Biden won in November by 14 points.While most of the attention nationally was on Republican victories across Virginia and a surprisingly close race in New Jersey, one Texas special election could be a sign that Democrats are in trouble nationwide.Republican John Lujan defeated Democrat Frank Ramirez 51 percent to 49 percent on Tuesday to take the Texas House District 118 race, The Texas Tribune reported.That seat was previously held by Democrat Leo Pacheco, who resigned to take a teaching position at San...

Have you heard the one about the preacher's son who was running for political office? It gets better (and by "better," I don't mean "funny.") The preacher's son, John Lujan, is an 18-year veteran of the San Antonio Fire Department. For each of those 18 years, he's voluntarily paid his dues to the union, the San Antonio Professional Firefighters Association. This is the same association that operates under the umbrella of the local AFL-CIO, which represents a variety of local unions. It's also the same association that recently endorsed Lujan in his bid for state representative in House District 118....