Unexpected rival from Beaumont emerges in race to represent Houston Latinos

The battle to represent the heart of Houston's long underrepresented Latino community in Congress has drawn a most unexpected name. Tahir Javed. He's not Latino. He's never lived in the congressional district he is running in until now. And he's never run for office in his life. But what he does have is lots of money he's not afraid to put into the campaign, ties to former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and what he says is a kinship with Hispanic voters in the area because of his own str