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Oct 15, 2026
Shelby RoseHOST
County Judge Lina Hidalgo has requested a report on the use of the automatic license plate readers and the county's options for ending or changing its contract with Flock.
Shelby RoseHOST
Republican Alex Mueller has scrubbed all mention of President Trump from her campaign website as the race for Congressional District 9 heats up.
Shelby RoseHOST
News 88.7's Bianca Seward reports on why Mueller appears to be distancing herself from Trump.
Bianca SewardCORRESPONDENT
A new Hobby poll shows Mueller ahead of Democratic nominee Leticia Gutierrez by just six points.
Rob LaushesHOST
In other news, a new poll shows Republican congressional nominee Alexandra Mueller leading her Democratic opponent, Leticia Gutierrez, by six percentage points as the two vie for a congressional district redrawn by state lawmakers last year to shift the seat long held by U.S. Representative Al Green into the GOP column.
Rob LaushesHOST
The state's mid-decade redistricting plan shifted Congressional District 9 from a D-63% district to an R-60% district based on the 2024 presidential election.
Rob LaushesHOST
A former U.S. Army captain and a graduate of West Point and Harvard Law School, Mueller was the Republican nominee for Harris County Judge in 2022 but narrowly lost to incumbent county judge Lina Hidalgo.
Rob LaushesHOST
She defeated State Representative Briscoe Cain in the Republican primary runoff in May.
Craig CohenHOST
Yeah, let's talk about what the polling is indicating.
Craig CohenHOST
There's more out, including from the UH Hobby School, which finds Republican Alex Mueller holds a six-point lead over Democrat Leticia Gutierrez in the redrawn Texas 9th Congressional District.
Craig CohenHOST
That was supposed to be one of the slam-dunk districts for the GOP.
Craig CohenHOST
While Mueller's lead is more than the margin of error in that poll, it's not a huge lead.
Chuck RochaGUEST
And there's two other districts that look a lot like this.
Chuck RochaGUEST
One is with Leticia Gutierrez in Houston, a newly redrawn district in Texas 9, and down in Florida where they redistrict with a guy named Kelly Kirchner.
Chuck RochaGUEST
He's running in Florida 16.
Chuck RochaGUEST
What they have in common is they have a pretty sizable Black population, pretty sizable Latino population.
Sean SpicerHOST
Okay.
Sean SpicerHOST
Texas 9, it's an open seat.
Sean SpicerHOST
Al Green, the Democrat, switched districts.
Sean SpicerHOST
He's running in Texas 18.
Leticia GutierrezGUEST
And I just appreciate you and thank you for having us on.
Al SharptonHOST
I thank you for being with us, Leticia Gutierrez, Texas District 9's Democratic nominee for the U.S. House.
Al SharptonHOST
Thank you for coming on.
Al SharptonHOST
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Greg DworkinPANELIST
This is Texas.
Greg DworkinPANELIST
Texas 9.
Greg DworkinPANELIST
Republican Alex Mueller, 45.
Greg DworkinPANELIST
Democrat Leticia Gutierrez, 39.
Rick ThomasHOST
Again, a downgrade.
Rick ThomasHOST
They are Virginia's 5th District, held by Representative John McGuire, and open seats in Nevada's 2nd District, New York's 21st District, and Texas' 9th District.
Rick ThomasHOST
Now...
Rick ThomasHOST
Almost all of the competitive races are almost entirely in districts that President Trump won in 2024.
Neil AquinoGUEST
I will say that people worked very hard to elect Lena Haldago in 2022 over Mealier.
Neil AquinoGUEST
People remember Mealier, who unfortunately is running in Congressional District 9.
Neil AquinoGUEST
The seat that Al Green was gerrymandered out of against Leticia Gutierrez.
Neil AquinoGUEST
Leticia's running very hard in that district.