While 2002 was a high water mark for Democratic turnout in Texas it also showed the limits of the exuberance for turning the state blue.
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“House Republicans understand and share the frustration that our public school teachers are experiencing, and we remain committed to finding a way to increase teacher pay this session”.
Equally striking was the showing by women on the ballot: Of the almost 50 women running for Congress in Texas, more than half won their primaries outright or advanced to runoffs.
In late February, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC), House Democrats’ official campaign arm, infuriated progressives by clumsily inserting itself in the primary in Texas’s 7th Congressional District. And to the uninformed observer, the numbers were impressive. Within that primary turnout, the Republicans had an advantage over the Democrats, but it was significantly less pronounced than in 2018.
As Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick put it, “We have been hearing for weeks in Texas and across the country that a great “blue wave” was coming to Texas”. Not in every state, obviously: Some states, like Arizona and California, have lines drawn by nonpartisan commissions while others, like Maryland and IL, have Democratic gerrymanders. Well, the power of women was felt in the Democratic primaries Tuesday night.
About 1.5 million Republicans voted in the primary races on Tuesday, only slightly more than four years ago. She now faces a far-left primary challenger, State Senate Leader Kevin de Leon, who is running on universal Medicare and free college tuition.
While the 2018 Senate election map favors Republicans, with 10 Democrats on defense in states President Trump won, Democrats need 33 seats in the House of Representatives to make Nancy Pelosi speaker again. Republicans also set a new non-presidential year primary turnout record, exceeding 1.5 million votes Tuesday. “At the end of the day, the good news is that there are a lot more conservatives in Texas than there are liberals”. “Sometimes people think history is what they read in books, but sometimes it’s happening right as we speak, and we can all contribute to that history”. In Texas, where Republicans haven’t lost a statewide race since 1994, Democrats are especially starved for an upset.
The Senate Democrats’ Jobs & Infrastructure Plan for America’s Workers would invest a little more than $1 trillion into improving infrastructure in the United States, including setting aside $140 billion to fix roads and bridges, $115 billion to modernize water and sewer infrastructure and $50 billion to rebuild schools and $40 billion to improve airports and airspace.
We already had sufficient evidence that Democrats are more enthusiastic this cycle.
A big problem for Texas Democrats is that their biggest-name politicians opted not to run in statewide races.
Was President Trump a factor in the Texas primary?
But at least the Republicans recognize the danger of having too many candidates for one office. Additionally, 60 percent of respondents who identified themselves as Democrats said they are “very enthusiastic” about voting in the upcoming elections, compared to 45 percent of Republicans.
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“With this proposal, Senate Democrats are demonstrating what real leadership on infrastructure looks like: “a tangible federal investment that drives us towards a clean energy future, plans for a changing climate, protects our natural resources and makes smart transportation choices”, said Sara Chieffo, vice president for government affairs at the League of Conservation Voters”. He told PTI that he was running because of the anti- American policies of the Trump administration.
