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Could Texas Turn Blue? Parties See Lone Star Opportunity

Clip: 7/9/2013 | 10m 23s

Could Texas Turn Blue? Democrats and Republicans Both See Lone Star Opportunity

With Texas' Republican Gov. Rick Perry announcing he won't seek re-election, and a prominent fight over abortion rights being led by Texas Democrat Wendy Davis, Gwen Ifill talks to James Henson of the University of Texas at Austin and Cal Jillson of Southern Methodist University about whether the state's politics are shifting.

07/09/2013 | Rating NR

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