Amanda K. Edwards says the stakes are high as she campaigns to represent Texas District-18, with a special election set for November 4th following the deaths of the last two leaders.

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Turner said he got the idea from the Rev. Otis Moss III of Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago, whose church also ...

Record numbers of Black, Hispanic, Asian, and Native women are serving in state legislatures this year, but remain ...