2020`s first big test? Not Iowa, but a tiny Texas House race
(WorldNews Politics)

KATY, Texas (AP) - Beto O`Rourke is livestreaming again. Joe Biden and Julián Castro are making their presence felt. Mike Bloomberg has knocked on doors and outside groups are running TV attack ads. On the brink of 2020`s first big contest, it all screams high stakes. Not in Iowa. This is just for a single Texas House seat. `This is one of the most important elections taking place in the country right now,` said O`Rourke, who since ending his own presidential run in November has campaigned for the Democrat in the race, Eliz Markowitz, including again Saturday with Castro. The outcome of the Jan. 28 special election runoff near Houston - a week before the Iowa caucuses - in an ethnically...