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When Jasmine Crockett’s friend suggested in 2006 that she move to Texarkana, the future congresswoman was unsure.
Born and raised in St. Louis, the recent University of Houston law school student had only ever lived in big metro areas. Located in the far northeast corner of the state, on the border between Arkansas and Texas, the town of 36,000 was foreign to her.
