Fort Worth, Texas: Gunning for Votes Creates a Showdown for Civil Rights (Latina Lista)

So, in the spirit of ensuring that the story of how certain Latinos were targeted in a recent Fort Worth election, we retell it in the hopes that practices like these cease to be recognized as a part of “normal” politics.

In August, five-term incumbent Wendy Davis, announced she was stepping down from her seat on the Fort Worth City Council to run for the state Senate.

Since she had only just won re-election in May, this left a big block of time left to represent the District 9 seat. As can be expected, there was more than one person interested in filling her seat.”*

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