Urban Edge
Blue Needle In A Red Haystack: Why One Texas Woman Is Taking on the Odds This November
Amid a wave of women candidates, Lisa Seger of Blue Heron Farm makes a run for it.
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Women Are Running for Office in Texas
They are vastly underrepresented.
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Houston Gets Poor Ratings for Civic Health
A new study looked at everything from political participation and civic involvement to social connectedness.
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Turnout in Local Elections is Terrible. There's an Easy Fix.
L.A.'s mayor won the election with fewer votes than any of its elected mayors since the 1930s -- when it was half its size. To raise the bar, officials just have to look at a calendar.
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