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U.S. congressman Pat Fallon, a Republican who represents a district northwest of Dallas, has only one regret: that he can’t physically be in two places at once. He feels a pull to return from the nation’s capital to the Texas Senate, where he can spend more time with his family and, perhaps, actually pass legislation. But in searching for his “best and highest use,” he’s also drawn to the ongoing political theater that is Capitol Hill. After only three years in Washington, D.C., Fallon announced last week that he was ready to return to his old seat in the Texas Senate, citing a desire to help move forward Texas’s “great success story.” On November 13, Fallon filed the necessary paperwork to run for Texas Senate District…

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