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Linda Koop is a former Dallas City Council member facing incumbent state Rep. Stefani Carter in the May 27, 2014, runoff election for the Republican nomination in the race to represent Carter's District 102 in northern Dallas County. According to her campaign biography, Koop and her family owned Dallas business National Shoes.
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