Leftward lurch if Lupe Valdez, Beto O'Rourke win? It'd be unusual for Texas
In this year's midterm elections, Texas Democrats have chosen as their marquee players a Hispanic lesbian and a pot-legalization advocate.
Is the Lone Star State ready to lurch left?
Though it's not easy to discern Lupe Valdez's path for becoming governor, and Beto O'Rourke is no sure thing for U.S. Senate, the two Democrats' mere presence atop their party's Texas roster of candidates signifies the prospect of a significant cultural shift at the highest levels of state politics.
It's been 28 years since Texas elected as governor Ann Richards, who was deemed liberal though she disappointed education constituencies. It's been more than 80 years since Texas elected a very liberal governor and more than a half-century since liberal lion Ralph Yarborough won a second race for U.S. Senate.
Whether having unabashed progressives as their top nominees will drive state Democrats further into the political wilderness this year, or closer to a long-awaited comeback, divides historians, political scientists, party leaders and campaign pros.
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