Laura Moser, the activist and writer who withstood the broadside from the House Democrats’ campaign arm, emerged as one of the party’s two potential nominees for Texas’ 7th Congressional District. In a crowded Democratic field, none of the seven contenders in the Houston-area district received the 50-percent-plus-one needed to win outright. Moser now heads to a May 24 runoff election against corporate lawyer Lizzie Fletcher, who led the primary field,Â-to determine which Democrat faces Rep. John Culberson, a nine-term Republican, in November’s general election.



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