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2026 Texas Elections

Democratic Rep. Jon Rosenthal will run for Texas Railroad Commission

The day after the four-term Houston lawmaker launched his statewide bid, his former chief of staff, Odus Evbagharu, announced he was running to succeed his former boss in the Texas House.

Texas Democrats Jon Rosenthal, D-Houston and Rafael Anchia, D-Dallas, l,  get off a charter bus from the Austin airport outside the State Archives building on the east side of the Texas Capitol upon their return to Austin following a two-week quorum break.  Man at right is unidentified.

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