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Democrat Gina Ortiz Jones, the openly-gay Iraq War veteran, who narrowly lost to GOP Rep. Will Hurd in one of 2018's tightest battleground races, announced Tuesday she's waging another challenge against Hurd for Texas' 23rd Congressional District.
Aiming to turn the majority-Hispanic, purple district blue, the former Air Force intelligence officer was among at least 50 women who ran for office in Texas in 2018. The district stretches from San Antonio to El Paso and covers nearly 820 miles along the southwestern U.S.-Mexico border, bringing the issue of immigration to the forefront.
Prior to running for the congressional seat, Ortiz Jones worked for the Trump administration as a director in the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, after initially serving under the Obama administration since 2016. She left that position and decided to run as a Democrat after watching the president take actions she viewed as harmful to women and minority groups.
Shortly after the announcement, the GOP's campaign arm immediately took a swipe at Ortiz Jones -- the first formidable opponent for Hurd this cycle. "I think it's great," he told ABC News backstage."I think she is a really strong candidate and could be a phenomenal member of Congress."
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