Salt Lake Tribune · Sep 7, 2019
Frank Bruni: Republicans are dropping like flies
Rep. Will Hurd, R-Texas (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) For a while he tried to make one. For a while he succeeded, if success means preserving some of your dignity while steering clear of Trump’s wrath and surviving politically. Although Hurd’s Texas congressional district voted narrowly for Hillary Clinton in 2016, he held on to his seat that year and again in 2018, but by slim margins. It was anyone’s guess how he’d fare in 2020, and now no one will know. Hurd, 42, isn’t seeking reelection — he and a big, expanding bunch of his Republican colleagues in the House.