AUSTIN-A Democratic candidate who was attacked as too liberal by the national party campaign committee has lost a runoff in the race for a Houston area U.S. House seat Democrats hope to win from Republicans.
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee had slammed Laura Moser, accusing her of expressing "outright disgust for life in Texas" because of something she wrote years earlier.
Moser lost to attorney and former Planned Parenthood board member Lizzie Pannill Fletcher, who will face longtime Republican U.S. Rep. John Culberson.
Fletcher was endorsed by the influential women's group Emily's List. Culberson has been in Congress since 2001.