Why Many Democrats Are Turning Against One of the Most Powerful Prosecutors in Texas

At the Fountain of Praise, a Black church in southwest Houston, senior pastor Remus Wright was preaching to his congregation about the importance of protecting their dreams. In the crowded sanctuary that Sunday morning sat several political candidates with dreams of their own: among them was Sean Teare, a former assistant district attorney who is now the front-runner in a race to unseat his former boss, Harris County district attorney Kim Ogg, in the Democratic primary. Teare was there to worship, as he usually does on Sunday, but he was also making his case to voters. After the service, he was introduced to the congregation by influential Harris County commissioner Rodney Ellis, one of the Democrats who has sparred with Ogg over the last four…

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