Democratic super PAC to target Houston-area GOP lawmakers in $2 million ad blitz
Forward Majority, a Democratic super PAC aiming to flip the Texas House and other Republican-controlled legislatures, on Tuesday launched a $1.8 million ad blitz targeting six GOP lawmakers in the Houston area.
The group’s TV and digital ad campaign, which surpasses $2 million when factoring in direct mail, includes spots attacking state Reps. Sarah Davis, R-Houston, and Sam Harless, R-Spring, on health care.
Another ad goes after state Rep. Gary Gates, R-Richmond, over previously surfaced allegations of child abuse, while a fourth spot accuses Republican candidate Lacey Hull of being an activist for “fringe organizations.”
Rounding out Forward Majority’s targets in the Houston area are state Rep. Ed Thompson, R-Pearland, and Republican Jacey Jetton of Richmond. Jetton and Hull are running for the seats held by retiring state Reps. Rick Miller and Dwayne Bohac, both Republicans.
The districts are among the more than 20 Republican-held seats Texas Democrats are targeting in 2020 as they try to capture a majority in the Texas House. Republican control the lower chamber, 83-67, after losing 12 seats in 2018.
The Bohac and Davis seats are viewed as more attainable targets than the ones held by Gates, Harless and Thompson, though Democrats are taking aim at those districts in part because Republican U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz carried each one over Democrat Beto O’Rourke by fewer than six points. O’Rourke narrowly won Miller’s district in Fort Bend County.
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