Texas Standard For November 5, 2018
In 2016, Hillary Clinton took the majority of votes in Texas’ 7th Congressional District. Now, in what could be a test case for Republican control in Texas, John Culberson is a nine-term Republican incumbent in a district that’s trending Democratic. We’ll take a closer look at the dynamics of the district and what it might tell us about the future of Texas politics more broadly. And slippery stuff: oil falls to new boom-time lows. Also: Hats off to Roy Hargrove, the Waco-born trumpeter once considered jazz music’s brightest promise, passes at age 49. All those stories and a whole lot more today on the Texas Standard:

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