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Rep. Gene Green Retires, Potentially Shaking Up Hispanic District

Abby Livingston, The Texas Tribune / WILL WEISSERT, AP

Posted on November 13, 2017 · U.S. Rep. Gene Green, a Houston Democrat, is retiring from Congress, a spokesman told The Texas Tribune on Monday afternoon

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