.mw-body #mw-content-text .votebox .race_header h3.votebox-header-office-name { During a February 2015 interview with Glenn Beck, Van Duyne accused the imams associated with the tribunal of bypassing American courts. She did not respond to Hatewatchs emails asking for comment. The results have been certified. [33], Van Duyne met her former husband, Chris "Casey" Wallach, while they were attending Cornell University. Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, former director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, testifies before the Senate Armed Services Committee in Washington, D.C. shattering a previous record broken in 2004, which contradicted the conclusions of Irving police. } font-weight: normal !important; The presidential election data was compiled by Daily Kos. Six Democrats and nine Republicans filed in the 15th. Low near 50F. background-color: #6db24f; } z-index:1; } I've been asked what prompted me to run for public office; the answer is simple - my children. border-radius: 50%; } There were seven open seats in 2018. by Alex Samuels background-color: #dac113; Beth Van Duyne, a former Texas mayor who stoked hysteria around an Islamic tribunal and has associated with anti-Muslim hate groups, is running for U.S. Congress. On the campaign trail, Van Duyne harshly criticized Gears for his oversight of a publicly funded development project on which millions in taxpayer dollars were questionably spent. A primary election is an election in which registered voters select a candidate that they believe should be a political party's candidate for elected office to run in the general election. margin-right: 10px; color: #888; by Patrick Svitek } margin: 0px 10px; } .inner_percentage.Libertarian { Create a password that only you will remember. margin-top: 1em; Congressional District 24, the North Texas seat Van Duyne won in a bruising battle against Democrat Candace Valenzuela, is expected to change during this years redistricting process. State Rep. Michelle Beckley, D-Carrollton, speaks with reporters at the Texas Capitol. Weve got sex trafficking, she told The Morning News. .image-candidate-thumbnail-wrapper .image-candidate-thumbnail { She is a very strong-willed, strategic, no-nonsense executive, said Dallas County GOP Chair Rodney Anderson. overflow-y: hidden; Van Duyne was born in upstate New York and lived in Amsterdam, New York, until she was seven years old and later lived in Cooperstown. A similar state law eventually passed in 2017. [5][6], Van Duyne became dissatisfied with Herbert Gears, the Democratic Irving city councillor representing her,[4] over how he handled a zoning case in her neighborhood. display: block; background-color: #f9d334; This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 10 percentage points more Republican than the national average. background: #4c4c4c; As the Brennan Center for Justice notes, For decades, American courts have applied foreign law as long as it does not violate U.S. public policy.. !function(){"use strict";window.addEventListener("message",(function(e){if(void 0!==e.data["datawrapper-height"]){var t=document.querySelectorAll("iframe");for(var a in e.data["datawrapper-height"])for(var r=0;r margin: 0; font-size: 20px; Beckley unveiled her plans in a video filmed inside a hotel room in the nations capital, where House Democrats fled earlier this month to break quorum in protest of Republicans priority elections bill. padding-left: 0; border-bottom: 1px solid grey; Beckley would join former Marine Derrik Gay in the Democratic primary. Texas House Democrat Michelle Beckley announces run against Republican U.S. Rep. Beth Van Duyne. [30], Van Duyne is one of 147 Republican lawmakers who voted to overturn results in the 2020 presidential election[31] by objecting to Pennsylvania's electors on January 7, 2021. .race_header { Comments, suggestions or tips? [30] During the campaign, approximately $7.6 million was spent on advertisements against Van Duyne and $7.9 million on advertisements against Valenzuela. .election_results_text { Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? .votebox-scroll-container { 8 Ponder upsets No. [8], In 2015, following an article by Breitbart News that made a false allegation that a court in the DallasFort Worth metroplex followed sharia law, Van Duyne pushed for a vote on a resolution in the Irving City Council that expressed support of a bill in the Texas Legislature seeking to ban sharia law. width: 50%; Even her detractors are cautiously optimistic about her political future. .inner_percentage.Libertarian { Van Duynes public clash with the local tribunal more than four years ago gained her fame among anti-Muslim figures and some right-wing pundits. if (document.getElementById('leg-hnt-content640341cb7da21').classList.contains('leg-hnt-hide')) { Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. As a nonprofit newsroom, we rely on members to help keep our stories free and our events open to the public. The people spoke loud and clear that theyre ready for a change, Van Duyne said after her first mayoral victory. Beth Van Duyne can walk away from her duty to defend democracy, but not me, Beckley says. "[14][15] The entire suit was eventually dismissed by the judge, who ruled the plaintiffs had failed to prove officials discriminated against Mohamed. 0 views, 0 likes, 0 loves, 0 comments, 0 shares, Facebook Watch Videos from Congresswoman Beth Van Duyne: America's Fentanyl crisis is a deliberate attack being waged by the CCP and Mexican drug. LBJ said, we do not choose to be the guardians of the gate, but there is not one else but us.. 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Van Duyne is one of two Texas Republicans whom the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is targeting for reelection. Newsom has attacked Texas over its conservative values and laws on guns, abortion and taxes, even going so far as to put up billboards in the state promoting abortion access while running for re-election in California. On Aug. 5, Van Duyne stepped down as the Fort Worth regional director of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, a post she had held since 2017. Earlier this month, she drew a challenge from Derrik Gay, a Carrollton tax lawyer and former intelligence officer in the Marine Corps. display: inline-block; float: left; Beth Van Duyne can walk away from her duty to defend democracy, but not me, Beckley says. color: #888; The very fabric of our nation is under attack, and Im running for Congress to save it.. Months later, as Van Duynes term as mayor was ending, her next move was announced: The Trump administration tapped her to be a regional U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development regional administrator. margin: 8px auto; Gay, 36, spent 13 years in the Marine Corps as an intelligence officer before being medically discharged last year and said the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol was a call to action. He cited the riots and ongoing GOP-led efforts to impose voting restrictions in several states as the major impetus behind his campaign. And she did display a preternatural ability to play one of Trump's favorite tunes . Beckley, 51, made her announcement from Washington, D.C., where she is on a quorum break with over 50 Texas House Democrats to stall a GOP-driven elections bill. .mw-content-ltr td.votebox-results-cell--text, The Republican woman is running a campaign calling for local law enforcement to work closely with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in deportations. In the lead-up to Nov. 3, the elections handicapper Sabatos Crystal Ball argued the district leaned Democratic. padding-bottom: 8px; display: block; A bird shop owner from Carrollton, Beckley is in her second term in the Texas Legislature. Beth Van Duyne Last night/this morning, my district's house representative Beth Van Duyne voted to object to the peaceful transfer of power in the presidency. } State Rep. Michelle Beckley, one of the House Democrats who is camped out in Washington, D.C., announced Tuesday that she is challenging U.S. Rep. Beth Van Duyne, R-Irving, a national Democratic target. After the conservative squad appeared on Fox & Friends last year, Democratic U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar said in a tweet that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery., Van Duyne responded: Socialism is the severest form of treachery., Socialism is the severest form of treachery.