With primary behind her, Lizzie Pannill Fletcher's bid against U.S. Rep. John Culberson emerging as

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With primary behind her, Lizzie Pannill Fletcher's bid against U.S. Rep. John Culberson emerging as major midterm fight for fall

by Abby Livingston, Texas Tribune


In the early spring of last year, Houston attorney Lizzie Pannill Fletcher attended a town hall hosted by her congressman, Republican John Culberson.

As he responded to constituents' questions about his views on health care, gun regulation, immigration and net neutrality, Fletcher didn’t like what she heard.

“I shook his hand, and had a pleasant and brief exchange,” she said.

And then she decided to run against him.

On Tuesday, Fletcher secured her party’s nomination to take on the Houston Republican. The Democratic primary, which erupted into a nationalized flare-up involving the House Democratic campaign arm and her runoff rival, Laura Moser, is now behind her, and it is finally game on with Culberson in the fall.

Read more: https://www.texastribune.org/2018/05/24/lizzie-fletchers-us-rep-john-culberson-texas-2018-laura-moser/

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1. I really like Lizzie and I really dislike Culbertson