Introduction of strict voter ID laws and their subsequent removal has changed the Texas election landscape

Texas lawmaker lost after a law changed; can he win now that it’s changing again?

WASHINGTON — Two years ago, then-Rep. Pete Gallego, D-Texas, lost to a Republican challenger by a little more than 2,000 votes in a vast congressional district that stretches from San Antonio for over 800 miles of border, brush and desert to the outskirts of El Paso. Gallego is running again, and one factor that he believes…