Texas sets early voting record in nonpresidential year

Source: The Hill

Democrats have outvoted Republicans by more than 25,000 ballots since early voting began on Feb. 20.

For the last two gubernatorial election cycles, Republicans surpassed Democrats in the primaries by over 100,000 votes each year, the Laredo Morning Times reported.

The high turnout by Democrats is likely being driven by opposition to President Trump. It's result in a large number of Texas Democrats running for office, a development that has also been seen in other states.

“If you want to compare Democratic turnout to Democratic turnout, it is climbing exponentially this year,” Ed Espinoza, the executive director of the Democratic-leaning Progress Texas, told The Hill. “You can’t underestimate the surge that we’re seeing out there with the blue wave coming.

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