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Joya said she didn't intend to inject herself into the election and didn't even realize the primary was five days away when she contacted Harp. She was just annoyed at having to see her ex-lover's face on billboards as she drove around Plano. "All I wanted was for
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serving the 3rd district, who was married to another woman and was facing several primary challengers. Saying she met Taylor at a jihadi reprogramming session, Joya shared salacious details about the affair, and said that Taylor gave her
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know your little scandal with Tania Joya. Would you like to resign before we embarrass you?' But it didn't happen like that," Joya told The News.
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