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ColinC

(8,328 posts) Wed Oct 12, 2022, 11:00 AM Oct 2022

PSA: Dem pickups needed to control TX legislature

3 for the Senate and 10 for the House.

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PSA: Dem pickups needed to control TX legislature (Original Post) ColinC Oct 2022 OP

Is that manageable/possible? Mad_Machine76 Oct 2022 #1

Yes. Will it happen? ColinC Oct 2022 #2

Beto had some long coattails in his previous election run Genki Hikari Oct 2022 #3

The gerrymandering Mad_Machine76 Oct 2022 #4

Yeah I'm kinda wondering this too ColinC Oct 2022 #5

Mad_Machine76

(24,436 posts)

1. Is that manageable/possible?

Reply to ColinC (Original post)

Wed Oct 12, 2022, 11:40 AM

Oct 2022

ColinC

(8,328 posts)

2. Yes. Will it happen?

Reply to Mad_Machine76 (Reply #1)

Wed Oct 12, 2022, 11:44 AM

Oct 2022

If we have a stronger ground game this year than the GOP, definitely. It's all about GOTV.

Genki Hikari

(1,766 posts)

3. Beto had some long coattails in his previous election run

Reply to Mad_Machine76 (Reply #1)

Wed Oct 12, 2022, 04:15 PM

Oct 2022

Twelve seats flipped from R to D for the legislature.

So it's doable, numbers-wise, but whether that many seats are flippable in a highly-gerrymandered legislature is another question entirely.

Mad_Machine76

(24,436 posts)

4. The gerrymandering

Reply to Genki Hikari (Reply #3)

Wed Oct 12, 2022, 08:02 PM

Oct 2022

Is the main concern

ColinC

(8,328 posts)

5. Yeah I'm kinda wondering this too

Reply to Mad_Machine76 (Reply #4)

Fri Oct 14, 2022, 11:25 PM

Oct 2022

But if he has a solid enough ground game, anything is possible.

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