On Wednesday, state Sen. Konni Burton, R-Colleyville, joined a number of key Republicans in his district calling for him to abandon his 18th congressional campaign. “We must hold public officials to a high standard and recent publicized incidents demonstrate those standards were not met,” Burton, an influential Tea Party leader, said in a statement.
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