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Meet the owner of a gay bar who is challenging Texas Gov. Abbott

Meet the owner of a gay bar who is challenging Texas Gov. Abbott

By Alex Samuels, The Texas Tribune July 24, 2017 Jeffrey Payne thinks Texas is ready to turn blue. That’s why the openly gay, 49-year-old Dallas Democrat who owns five businesses — including The Dallas Eagle, a popular gay bar — is doing what some might say is impossible: attempting to win the governor’s seat by

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