Shortly after deciding to run for Congress on a platform that supports abortion rights, Democrat Michelle Vallejo had a conversation with her grandmother.
Given their generational differences, the complexities of the abortion politics and her grandmother’s deep religious faith, they didn’t find consensus on every aspect of the issue.
“That was probably one of the most challenging conversations I had,” said Vallejo, the daughter of Mexican immigrants who is making her second run for Congress in a South Texas swing district against Republican Rep. Monica De La Cruz.
