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NPR has been visiting swing districts in the 2018 midterms. And it really can be because if people aren't careful, they get so dependent on it that when it's gone, they don't know what to do. MARTIN: And as for Pecos specifically... ELLIOTT: As long as we keep moving forward, that's the main thing. MARTIN: That's crazy. And when the oil in Pecos took off, so did she. DUKE: It's good money. JOHN PACK: I retired from the fire department after 23 years to come out here to work. MARTIN: So are you making good money? PACK: I've struggled for a long time. And you can hear more stories from Rachel's reporting in those other corners of the 23rd Texas Congressional District elsewhere in today's show that includes a story of a city along the U.S.-Mexico border.