They are taking the fight to the Republicans.

Could he be the one that makes Texas Blue? I am from Texas and believe if we fight for it, Texas can turn Blue. People here are not idiots so much as they are misinformed and unmotivated. Thomas Perez is doing a very good job of helping Dems contest all congressional seats. If Alabama can elect a Dem, why not Texas? Dubious voting machines, gerrymandering, and voter suppression are great obstacles, but Texas can be blue. Motivation to vote is of prime importance.

Give ticked off people a shot a retribution voting and they will take it.

Democratic candidates slated for every position nation-wide down to and including dog catcher!!!

I hope that we can create something more in the end. We need a stable and sensible country, and one in which everyone votes. The Democrats will win forever with that.
I hope that this wind at our backs will work for ever.

Yes, it would have been better if Dem turnout had been higher.

But the party is as responsible for that as the voters.

The Democratic Party campaign organizations and the Obama Administration didn't take the midterms seriously and didn't do what you HAVE to do to win midterms: run a national campaign focused on firing up the progressive base.

If nothing else, there should have been national ads reminding the base of what had been achieved and what COULD be achieved if the Right were to be stopped. There should have been a reminder that, if we did well in the midterms, the bad parts of the ACA could be fixed, and that perhaps a jobs bill could be passed.

Instead, there was no national effort of any importance, and the Right's narrative was left totally unchallenged.

In off-year elections, the base is all that matters. There is no "centrist vote" in midterms, and no party prospers in midterms by distancing itself from its base.

I really cannot understand why every single race is not contested, even in deep red districts.

every single office in every district red or blue a Democrat should be running!

the idiot rs in texas have messed up the school textbooks for years . good luck

Not yah u can put my name on the ballot but real live actual qualified folks

As a former Texas resident, alternately district 6 or 12 (gerrymandering ) I was always frustrated by the lack of options.

Due to the gerrymandering it may not be possible to make a difference on the Congressional races but hopefully this will cause an uptick in the state-wide races and down-ballot elections.

Keeping my fingers crossed for all ya'll.

One of my buyers is more motivated than ever to send Ted Cruz to an early retirement. I love seeing that energy in a red state like Texas.

FLIP.IT.BLUE.

She says Dayna could be the next Ann Richards.

https://daynasteele36.com/

Speeches underway at #PA18 Dem convention. Seven candidates fighting for a nomination no Democrat wanted in 2016.

Link to tweet

Showing up and listening to people is the most important part. Sure some of these Dems won't win this time. But you best believe they will build up constituencies and interest for future campaigns and make the Republicans spend money in what they used to take for granted as safe red districts.

We've seen it before when our side is energized and their side is not, a lot of Dems have been elected in unlikely places very recently.