Breaking: was there foreign meddling in Texas CD-7 Congressional primary race?

Photos of Harris County GOP precinct chairs taken with a foreign national tied to endorsements of candidates for political office have emerged and questions are being asked about foreign meddling in the March 2020 Texas CD-7 Congressional Republican primary race.

The photo below was posted by Harris County CD-7 GOP precinct 509 chair Gail Stolzenburg. Mr. Stolzenburg identified Jeb Strickland, Precinct 625 chair and Jon Speiers, Precinct 87 chair.

Mr. Stolzenburg's post also named Shandon Phan, former candidate in the Texas CD-22 GOP primary and Hilario Yanez, National Press Secretary for the Republican National Hispanic Assembly.                                               

Yanez is a DACA recipient  (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) --a foreign national, unlawfully present in the United States but allowed to work and obtain a drivers license and protected from deportation under an Obama executive order.

Foreign national Yanez is also tied to a Republican advisory board that issued THIS LIST of endorsements in Congressional and Judicial candidates prior to the March 2020 Super Tuesday GOP primary.

The Harris County GOP CD-7 precinct leaders could jeopardize Republican wins across Texas if evidence of foreign meddling in U.S. elections continue to surface.

Did Yanez' presence on the advisory board  influence the selection process any endorsement decision on the issue of support for a DACA amnesty?

Eight Republicans file in the primary race to represent Florida's 19th Congressional District

With the announcement that Congressman Francis Rooney would not run for re-election to represent Florida CD-19 in Washington, DC , County Examiner begins an eight month series on the District and the eight Republicans vying for the GOP nod. 

Rooney, reported Politico back in October 2019, was the first House Republican to express openness to voting to impeach President Donald Trump. 

But first, a little bit about the District using the map ordered by the Florida Supreme Court, December 2, 2015.

Florida's 19th Congressional District is located in Southwest Florida and encompasses the majority of Lee County and a portion of Collier County. The major cities of Cape Coral, Fort Myers, Bonita Springs and Sanibel and the Village of Estero are in Lee County, as is the Town of Fort Myers Beach. The city of Marco Island and a portion of the City of Naples are also in the portion of Collier County included in the District. Additional Census Designated Places in the District (CDP) such as Captiva, Lehigh Acres, North Fort Myers can be found here.

According to the Florida Division of Elections, and because 2020 is a Presidential election year, the primary election date (with the exception of the President Primary Election) will be held August 18. The winner of the Republican party primary will face a Democratic opponent on November 3, 2020. 

Next up: the eight Republicans running in the GOP primary sourced from the Federal Election Commission.