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If Texas Turns Blue, It Starts Tonight: Three Districts to WatchA trio of House seats may bring Democrats the wins theyve always dreamed of in the deep red state.
Gideon Resnick 03.06.18 5:00 AM ET
Democrats eager to retake the House majority in the midterm elections have turned their eyes to Texas, which will hold the first primaries of 2018 on Tuesday.
The party, buoyed by fervent nationwide enthusiasm, has seen an enormous uptick already in early voting in a number of Texas most populous counties. In the states 15 largest counties, almost 50,000 more Democrats than Republicans have already cast votes. Compared to the number of Democrats who voted early in the 2014 midterm cycle, their early vote numbers this year are up 105 percent.
While Democrats hope their vote totals come in bunches on Tuesday, theyre specifically keeping a close eye on three House districts which could be key on their path to seeking the majority. In all three, Hillary Clinton won in the 2016 presidential election.
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) is also on the ballot as is his likely general election opponent Rep. Beto ORourke (D-TX).
Cruz recently warned: "The left is going to show up. They will crawl over broken glass in November to vote.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/if-texas-turns-blue-it-starts-tonight-three-districts-to-watch?source=articles_sum&via=rss
NCTraveler
(30,481 posts)"The left is going to show up. They will crawl over broken glass in November to vote."
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)The republican party is walking the green mile but fox news keeps telling them all is well.
DFW
(54,365 posts)The Texas Republicans know what they're in for, and will throw as much broken glass in our path as they can possibly find, and there are a LOT of beer bottles in Texas.
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)Inadequately principled of me, I know, but he was really good at winning.
Wwcd
(6,288 posts)Wealthiest part of the city. Home to old money & oil billionaires.
That she won thos district say more about the growth & strength of outlying areas perhaps.
And that is a big deal in a republican area.
Any one of the Dems running for that seat will be a great elected official
They're All fine people.
It will be a def blow to Tx Repubs if Pete Sessions would lose this to a Dem.
Early voting looks really strong today
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)Wwcd
(6,288 posts)TexasProgresive
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workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)Wwcd
(6,288 posts)Not much more to say than that!
vercetti2021
(10,156 posts)If we could finally flip Texas to the Democratic column like California... oh man let's go guys
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)It would mean the death of the traitorous republican party!
vercetti2021
(10,156 posts)The demographics are against them. New wave of voters coming up this year and 2020. I believe they are in trouble in this state. Can only imagine how much happiness I'd have knowing my home state finally went blue.
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)What a joy that will be!
vercetti2021
(10,156 posts)Could be 2020, 2022, 2024...I just don't see them having a stronghold here much longer especially with the Hispanic population growing too.
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)This year would be the perfect time huh?
vercetti2021
(10,156 posts)I think it's unlikely since it's not a presidential year, but I think if dems can win in red areas here, Abbott loses along with Cruz. I think that'll be telling. 2020 will fair better considering people will want to vote in whoever runs against the GOP. If it's still Dump or if it's Pence.
bearsfootball516
(6,377 posts)Scalded Nun
(1,236 posts)You know, it is pretty funny to watch the primary ads. The GOP is running on finally doing things Dems have been trying to do for ages. They are framing it as action that Dems hate, but the GOP is going to now be able to get done. The funny part is that the GOP has been in complete control for over 20 years and has prided itself on not doing any of these things. I would LOVE to see the Dems carry the state, but I fear there is still too much hate and ignorance for this to happen (holding out hope, though!).
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)Sounds like you will also be happy for more of the good people of Texas to reject the rotten corruption of a once-great party to join us, even if they decline to actually go blue at this time.
GETPLANING
(846 posts)And we aren't stopping at Texas
I think Georgia and Arizona were close enough in 2016 to be in play for 2020. No idea on the historic Georgia governor's race yet, though.
PasadenaTrudy
(3,998 posts)BoneyardDem
(1,202 posts)he's a fucking Nostradamus. Because he's right.
ailsagirl
(22,896 posts)demigoddess
(6,640 posts)Great state. then.
onetexan
(13,037 posts)with the great job market, low cost of living and thriving local economy here i wouldn't want to live anywhere else.
Texas is a non-voting Democratic state. It actually had more Democratic governors (you can google this). Unfortunately our last one was Ann Richards. The GOP with their southern strategy and influx of midwesterners since the '60s who brought with them their conservative values, over time they've been successful at turning Tx red by getting conservative voters out to the polls better than Dems have the past 40 years. The local Democratic party have been complacent. BUT there's hope now with this Blue Wave. Early voting Dems turnout numbers have exceeded last election cycle by 100%. We'll see what the latest numbers are after today but i'm hopeful we can at least turn the state purple.
Adding link with latest numbers from NPR: https://www.npr.org/2018/03/04/590313279/ahead-of-texas-primary-early-signs-of-a-2018-democratic-surge
KPN
(15,642 posts)displacedtexan
(15,696 posts)I'm in Ft. Worth but flying home to SF tomorrow. The TV ads show this Huffines guy being a Trump clone, agreeing with everything Trump stands for. I'm curious to see what happens to this guy. He's one of those "I won't take a salary or benefits" guys.
Also the phone hasn't stopped ringing this week. Robocalls about wingnuts touting "S/he shares our Texas values," which means "we hate the same people you hate."
TeamPooka
(24,221 posts)which is why we pay our legislators a decent wage in the first place.
TeamPooka
(24,221 posts)and with the GOP voter suppression tactics in some states that's pretty close to what needs to be done to vote
BadgerMom
(2,771 posts)He makes it sound like its a bad thing. That should be a goal in a democracy, Senator.
bluestarone
(16,916 posts)BROKEN GLASS AND WHATEVER THE HELL ELSE IS IN OUR WAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wounded Bear
(58,647 posts)duforsure
(11,885 posts)Have said the numbers are unbelievable so far, and that's even with some waiting for Nov. . Lots of RepubliCONS turning too .