By Robert Moore, El Paso Matters El Paso state Rep. Joe Moody, the highest-ranking Democrat in the Texas House of Representatives, is not joining his party’s walkout that is an effort to torpedo a Republican congressional redistricting plan, he told El Paso Matters. “I support my fellow Democrats who’ve left the state to protect our votes. But there are many battles on many fronts in a war,” said Moody, who was appointed speaker pro tem earlier this year by Republican Speaker Dustin Burrows. “The best way I can fight back is at the Capitol, which is why I’ve chosen to stay now that quorum has been broken. I’ll be looking my Republican colleagues in the eyes and asking them to look into their souls: They know this is wrong.”

El Paso Rep. Vince Perez flew to Chicago on Sunday, where most Te

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