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Colin Allred: “We can address it at the federal level. We can overcome all…”

Featuring: Colin Allred, Democratic | Former Candidate, U.S. Senate Texas

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And I don't think it's because Texans are not civically engaged. That's because we've been dealing with this. And so the good news is, We can address it at the federal level. We can overcome all of these state laws by passing legislation that overrides it. including banning a partisan gerrymandering, which is one of my top concerns. And that's what we tried to do in the last Congress when we had the John R. (06:30–06:38)

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