Texas Democrats take aim at Fort Worth

FORT WORTH -- For decades, Democrats have dreamed of turning Texas blue. In 2018, they’d settle for picking up a single state Senate seat.

Five years after Battleground Texas set up shop to elect Wendy Davis as governor, Democrats have yet to even field competitive challengers for the state’s nine statewide elected offices. Instead, a coalition of Democratic strategists with national ties are pouring their time and resources into a longshot effort to win back the state Senate seat Davis vacated after she unsuccessfully ran for governor in 2014.

The district represents 860,000 people — more than a Texas congressional district — and is viewed by both parties as the only competitive seat among the state's 31 Senate races in the 2018 cycle. Its current officeholder, Konni Burton, is a Republican, former tea party activist and acolyte of Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas.

"It's a place of high combat," Austin-based political consultant Bill Miller said of the district.​

Senate District 10 is also the type of district where Democrats in Texas — and across the country — have to compete in order to mount a comeback in red states. It includes several Tarrant County communities, including parts of Fort Worth, Arlington, Mansfield and Colleyville.

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