Former state Rep. and Dallas City Council member Barbara Mallory Caraway made her case on NBC5’s Lone Star Politics for higher office, highlighting experience as she seeks the open seat in Congressional District 30.
In a recent appearance, she said the newly redrawn district, now spanning eight cities and adding about 200,000 new voters, makes this race fundamentally different from her past campaigns.
In the March 3 Democratic primary, she faces Frederick Haynes III, senior pastor at Friendship-West Baptist Church, who has support from outgoing U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crocket, now running for the Senate. Caraway has lost in several previous campaigns for that district.
OPENING: Caraway said the vacancy gives voters a fresh start and that her legislative background sets her apart. “I have the legislative experience and can hit the ground running,” she said.
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She said her campaign will focus on direct engagement across Dallas, southern Dallas neighborhoods and the expanding suburban portions of the district.
PRIORITIES: She cited health care, education, energy costs, aging infrastructure and public safety as core concerns from South Dallas to cities such as DeSoto, Cedar Hill and Grand Prairie.
She said the district needs a representative who can bring federal dollars back to both urban cores and suburban communities.
AGENDA: Caraway said she would focus on health care, immigration, education and economic opportunity, noting wages have not kept up with the cost of living. She also said she would form a District 30 advisory committee to help guide her agenda.
Lone Star Politics airs at 8:30 a.m. Sundays, hosted by NBC5’s political reporter Phil Prazan and The Dallas Morning News political reporter Gromer Jeffers Jr.