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Top Stories: A Packed Primary To Replace Republican Congressman Joe Barton

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The top local stories this evening from KERA News: The Sixth Congressional District in North Texas is an open seat, for the first time in three decades. GOP Congressman Joe Barton of Ennis has been in office since 1985, but after a scandal involving a nude photo of himself and sexually suggestive messages, he decided not to run again. Eleven Republicans are now fighting for his seat.