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RandySF

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Fri Sep 11, 2020, 04:12 AM Sep 2020

TX-HD134: Ann Johnson running for a seat in Montrose gayborhood that's seen as flippable.

To flip leadership in the Texas House of Representatives, Democrats need to capture nine seats this November. Considered the most flippable seat is District 134, which includes the Montrose area of Houston, that city’s LGBTQ neighborhood.

Democrat Ann Johnson is challenging five-term incumbent Republican Sarah Davis, generally considered the most moderate Republican in the House, for the right to represent District 134. Equality Texas rated

Davis higher than any other Republican serving in the Texas Legislature.
But Johnson disagrees. “She was first elected as a tea party candidate,” Johnson said of her Republican opponent.

Davis’ rating with the NRA remains high while her score with the Sierra Club is zero. Although she’s moderated her views to more closely reflect her district, she came to the legislature as pro-life but now claims to be pro-choice.

She voted to cut education funding by $5.3 billion in 2011, and she led the fight prevent Medicaid expansion in the state, leaving hundreds of thousands of Texans without healthcare insurance.

And if that isn’t enough, Johnson’s overriding argument is that District 134 voters need to elect her so Democrats will gain control of the House. Her party, she points out, is just nine seats away from that goal.

Johnson asks Democratic voters in her district who think Sarah Davis is moderate enough if they love her enough to hand the House of Representatives back to Gov. Greg Abbott. Handing Republicans control means one thing to Johnson — another 10 years of gerrymandered districts




https://dallasvoice.com/flipping-the-texas-house/

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TX-HD134: Ann Johnson running for a seat in Montrose gayborhood that's seen as flippable. (Original Post) RandySF Sep 2020 OP
Woohoo...my old neighborhood pecosbob Sep 2020 #1
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