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Austin( CNN) The capital of Texas is a pretty liberal town.... Proudly so. Crosswalks repainted in rainbow Pride colors.... It has a vibe that even some locals boast is more like Berkeley, California, than a stereotypical southern city....

Larry Hogan is engaging with stepped-up Republican efforts to recruit him into next year's Senate race, CNN has learned.... But running now would require Hogan to chart an anti-Donald Trump path through GOP politics, which so far no prominent Republican has been able to pull off.... Trying to appeal to the independent-minded Hogan, several prominent Republicans have also pitched him and his staff on the idea that if he won and helped Republicans achieve a narrow majority, he could be the GOP's