Biden campaign adds more staff in Texas

[brooklynite]

Source: Texas Tribune

Joe Biden's campaign is expanding its staff in Texas, bringing on 13 more people as the state continues to look competitive with just over seven weeks to go before the November election.

The Democratic nominee's latest hires, shared first with The Texas Tribune, include several experienced Democratic operatives from the state. They include Dallas Jones, a Houston political consultant who will serve as Biden's Texas political director, and Jackie Uresti and Jerry Philips, who will each serve as political advisers to the campaign in Texas. Uresti was Hillary Clinton's 2016 state director, while Philips brings deep experience around Texas House politics and previously was executive director of the House Democratic Campaign Committee.

Biden's campaign has also named Bethanie Olivan as digital organizing director and Terry Bermea as organizing director. Olivan recently held similar roles for the state party and Julián Castro's presidential campaign, while Bermea is the former organizing director for Battleground Texas and was deputy state director for Michael Bloomberg's White House bid earlier this year.

The campaign also said David Gins will serve as state operations director. Gins is a former U.S. Senate staffer who has since worked for the LGBTQ Victory Fund and the data science company Civis Analytics.


Read more: https://www.texastribune.org/2020/09/14/biden-texas-campaign-staff-president-election/

[Stargleamer]

1. Please distribute yard signs in Texas too

to help embolden those who need such encouragement to cross their neighbors

[IronLionZion]

2. Make Texas Blue Again

I'm seeing more memes online about conservative texans worried that new transplants, younger Texans, and minorities are ruining the state by making it more liberal.

[BComplex]

3. Wow! He is putting Texas electoral votes, and down-ballot votes into play by doing this!!

And Bloomberg is helping Biden out in Florida!

If only.....

That would be so awesome!! To turn Florida and Texas blue this election!!

[Gothmog]

4. Texas is a battleground state

Link to tweet

[JI7]

5. One important thing about this even if Biden doesn't win Texas himself

is that it can still help down ballot Democrats to win.

The way Beto running for Senate helped other Democrats.

[LeftInTX]

6. Yes. Coat tailing!

[Jimbo S]

16. Force the GOP to defend

what should have been a lock, instead taking resources away from swing states to defend TX.

[jorgevlorgan]

7. If you get the right amount of calls/ canvassing/ in-person contacts in that state, he will

very likely move the 2-3% needed to come out with a victory there. My gut says he has a 70% chance of winning Texas. Reality is probably something way different, though.

[yellowdogintexas]

8. I have lived in TX since 1989 and I have never seen the level of excitement

and groundgame we have going on.

Beto is phonebanking with groups all over the state, in support of the Dems running for the State Legislature. I was on a phone bank with him a few weeks ago for our Tx House district.

We only need to flip 9 to have the majority in the Tx House. I believe there are maybe 10 or 12 districts which are considered seriously flippable; Trump carried them in 2016, but in 2018 the incumbent Republican won by single digit margin - as opposed to the wipeout in 2016. Five of those districts are in Tarrant County (Fort Worth) and I live in one of them. We have outstanding candidates for every race on our ballot this year.

Texas is not a red state - it is a non voting state. Democrats have been depressed for so long that they haven't come out to vote. They didn't have anyone to vote for, since Republicans often ran unopposed. Not.This.Year.

[onetexan]

9. +1 K&R

[radius777]

12. Please let it happen.

It just seems like TX is so close. The expansion of the metro areas (cities and suburbs) there is really what is helping us. TX could be the new CA and if that happens the GOP is finished.

The problem with TX, from what I hear, is that there are a considerable amount of conservative Latinos. Wonder if Biden/Harris being perceived as moderates could get those voters.

[greenjar_01]

10. Oooofah

[Yavin4]

11. I would like this announcement a lot more if the consultants being hired were for Latinx outreach

That I could understand, but these people don't seem to have a lot of experience in that regard.

[Le Roi de Pot]

13. Houston ... They have a problem

A big , ginormous , throbbing fucking problem ...


Once Texas becomes Blue ... Republicans will be begging for us to abolish the electoral college

[vercetti2021]

15. Haha

And they wouldn't win still! Like okay we'll get rid of it. Democrats proceed to win the popular vote for 100+ years

[vercetti2021]

14. I said it before and I'll say it again

Beto O'Rourke is the biggest game changer in Texas. 2018 is continuing into 2020 with him. Despite him losing very narrowly. He has awaken Texas Democrats to bring this state back from the dark side. Bush and his whole family created a red environment here for decades. Its changing and its changing fast. Texas is becoming more and more diverse and the suburbs are growing more and more.

Eventually it'll be game over for the GOP here. Once Texas goes, so does the GOP from ever winning the presidency again.