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Frisco Mayor’s Race Tests Anti-Muslim Politics in Texas

A runoff in the Dallas suburb of Frisco is testing whether anti-Muslim rhetoric, prominent in G.O.P. primaries this year, can win over a broader set of voters.

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Campaign signs in support of candidate Rod Vilhauer in Frisco, Texas.
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Ken Paxton’s Former Defense Lawyer Endorses James Talarico

The lawyer, Dan Cogdell, helped save Mr. Paxton from criminal charges and an impeachment, but now he says the Texas attorney general has “lost sight of his mission.”

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Dan Cogdell, a defense attorney for Ken Paxton, at the State Capitol in Austin during Mr. Paxton’s impeachment trial in 2023.
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