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Pete Gallego, initially elected to the Texas House in 1990, won election to the U.S. House in November 2012. He lost his re-election bid in 2014. In July 2018, he ran in a special election to represent Texas Senate District 19.

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Pete Gallego
stated on October 4, 2016 in a TV ad pointed out to PolitiFact Texas:

Says Will Hurd said a border-long U.S.-Mexico wall "absolutely makes sense."

By W. Gardner Selby • October 7, 2016
Pete Gallego
stated on April 22, 2016 in Pete Gallego campaign press release:

Says Will Hurd "cosponsored a bill that would militarize our border and allow 200 miles of new roads to be built in the Big Bend region -- cutting up our beloved park."

By Filipa Ioannou • May 26, 2016
Pete Gallego
stated on October 23, 2015 in a blog post by the Texas Tribune:

Will Hurd "tends to have a 96 percent straight Republican, straight party voting record."

By Filipa Ioannou • November 15, 2015
Pete Gallego
stated on April 2, 2015 in an email blast:

"Just two weeks ago, Congressman Hurd quit his post on the House Committee on Small Business saying that he was unable to find the time to serve."

By W. Gardner Selby • April 7, 2015
Pete Gallego
stated on December 10, 2014 in his farewell U.S. House speech:

"This Congress made history as the least productive, most unpopular Congress in the history of this proud nation."

By W. Gardner Selby • December 18, 2014

Roland Gutierrez
stated on July 18, 2018 in a campaign email blast:

Says Pete Gallego canceled a "planned meeting with the families of Sandy Hook victims."

By Jasper Scherer • July 27, 2018
National Republican Congressional Committee
stated on October 4, 2016 in a TV ad:

Says Pete Gallego "went and lobbied after you fired him from Congress."

By W. Gardner Selby • October 12, 2016

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