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Staggeringly high Democratic turnout in the Texas suburbs last week has the party bullish about capturing a half-dozen seats that slipped through its grasp in the 2018 midterms.
Democratic primaries in six GOP-held districts saw a roughly 100 percent increase in voters compared to 2016, according to a POLITICO analysis of turnout data. The spike indicates that a lethal recipe might be brewing for Republicans in the run-up to November: President Donald Trumps unpopularity in the suburbs, combined with rapid demographic change and an amped-up Democratic base.
After coming tantalizingly close to flipping several red-leaning seats in 2018, Democratic candidates are gearing up in and around the states five largest cities. Their game plan: win over moderates and independents repelled by the president, and bring in as many new Democratic voters as possible.
Democrats are targeting seven Republican-held districts, though its more likely that three or four are truly in play right now. The implications are huge for the congressional landscape: If Democrats seriously contest a half-dozen seats, Republicans will have to spend millions protecting once-safe districts in major media markets, minimizing their odds of taking back the House.
"One thing Ive learned in my electoral experience is that a single election cycle is like a lifetime in terms of what a population shift can create," Wendy Davis, the 2014 Democratic nominee for governor now running against a freshman GOP congressman, said in an interview before a recent campaign event in Austin.
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/12/democrats-texas-primary-126651
Cha
(297,692 posts)Wounded Bear
(58,717 posts)Tarheel_Dem
(31,241 posts)BlueTexasMan
(165 posts)Helped remove a truck load of 4x8 signs and t posts after latest local elections. Both of our people won.
beachbumbob
(9,263 posts)DFW
(54,443 posts)Let this be our response to every clown who trashes us every time some caveman commits some act of violence out in the hinterlands. Not "Tex-ass" any more than "Mass-mayhem-chussetts." We just have a LOT more Republican money to neutralize, that's all. It takes longer.
Gothmog
(145,567 posts)There are a large number of real Democrats who are working hard to turn Texas blue. After the 2010 elections, there were 101 GOP members of the Texas House compared to 49 Democrats in the Texas House. We pick up 12 state house seats in 2018. The party needs 9 more seats to flip control of the Texas House and is targeting 20+ races. There are about 10 races where Beto carried the House district but the GOP candidate won
We flipped two congressional seats and the DCCC and the state party are targeting 7 other seats
I am so happy that sanders will not be on the top of the ticket because sanders would kill down ballot races