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“For the past four years, the DACA program has been under attack, so it’s been a lot of stress and trauma for me. . But I’m still hopeful,” says Juan Paul Flores Vazquez, who lives in El Paso. Credit: Christ Chavez for The Texas Tribune
EL PASO When Juan Paul Flores Vazquez was about 4 years old, he crossed the U.S.-Mexico border with his aunt for what he thought was just a trip to a circus in California “El Circo de Kiko,” inspired by “El Chavo del Ocho,” a popular Mexican television sitcom that began airing in the 1970s.
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The race to replace the late U.S. Rep. Ron Wright, R-Arlington, has already attracted a crowd of candidates and more are expected in the coming days.
Even before Gov. Greg Abbott announced Tuesday that the special election would be May 1, Democrats and Republicans were lining up for the seat, and as of Wednesday, at least 11 contenders had entered the contest. They range from the obscure to well known, most notably including Wright s widow and longtime GOP activist Susan Wright, who made her bid official Wednesday morning.
The filing deadline is a week away 5 p.m. March 3.