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Questions Loom for House’s Top Inquisitor
Will Hurd of Texas said at a Georgetown University forum on Dec. 6 that he took the allegations of Russian hacking seriously.
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Will Hurd of Texas said at a Georgetown University forum on Dec. 6 that he took the allegations of Russian hacking seriously.
Interestingly, most of his money is not under his name; $4 million is held jointly with his wife, former Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao, and nearly $6 million is held in her name alone.
The eight-term Republican and former chairman of the Oversight and Government Reform Committee is facing a challenge from Democrat Doug Applegate in a district Mitt Romney won by 6 points in 2012.
Democratic polling released last week showed the eight-term Republican trailing Applegate by 4 points in a district Mitt Romney carried by 6 in 2012.
In the presidential race, Democrat Hillary Clinton held a 14-point edge in this district, which Mitt Romney carried by 6 points in 2012. Clinton led her GOP rival Donald Trump 49 to 35 percent.
[Challenger’s Poll Shows Close Race Against Issa] But Applegate still faces a tough fight in the district, which Mitt Romney carried by 6 points against President Barack Obama in 2012.
Republican Mitt Romney won the Southern California district by 6 points four years ago, though Barack Obama carried the district under its present boundaries by 2 points in 2008.
[Meet the Senate Candidate Who Uses Only Volunteers] An early July Harper poll showed him within 6 points of Bennet, but his slide has mirrored Trump’s in the state.
Republican Mitt Romney carried the district over President Barack Obama by 6 percentage points in the 2012 presidential election.
Aaron Schock’s “Downton Abbey”-inspired office décor , which led to a rough week for him and his staff, and turned him into a punch-line at the 71st Congressional Dinner on Feb. 6 , with Colorado Republican