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Noriega confirms plans to run for U.S. Senate
08:32 AM CST on Monday, December 3, 2007
HOUSTON-- Democratic State Rep. Rick Noriega is formally kicking off his campaign to unseat Republican U.S. Sen. John Cornyn.
The five-term state lawmaker plans to file his candidacy papers later Monday, after a breakfast with supporters in Houston.
Noriega is a lieutenant colonel in the Texas Army National Guard who spent 14 months in Afghanistan.
He supports ending the war in Iraq and setting firm timetables for withdrawing troops.
He also wants to provide veterans and their families with better medical care and make health insurance and higher education more affordable.
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