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Showing Original Post only (View all)BREAKING: In the Middle of a Pandemic, Texas Democrats Break the Record for Highest Turnout in Texas [View all]
https://www.texasdemocrats.org/media/breaking-in-the-middle-of-a-pandemic-texas-democrats-break-the-record-for-highest-turnout-in-texas-democratic-runoff-history/?fbclid=IwAR3TnUMqKOjsyDhYbVxeEf7K1JA-QRyMav25PhWTC-Cq6Umxel_8AkxLWuI"Austin, TX Yesterday, in the middle of a pandemic, Texas Democrats broke the record for highest turnout in a runoff election in Texas Democratic history with a staggering 955,735 number of votes cast with 100% of the precincts reporting.
This breaks the Texas Democratic runoff record of 1994s 746,641 runoff voters and is more than double the runoff turnout for the 2018 Democratic gubernatorial runoff, which featured 432,180 voters.
Texas Democrats are ready to win. Texas Democratic Party Chair Gilberto Hinojosa issued the following statement:
In the middle of a pandemic, Texas Democrats showed we are ready to win with nearly a million Texans doing whatever it takes to have their voice heard. We broke the Texas Democratic record for turnout in a runoff election, more than doubling our 2018 runoff turnout.
Republicans like Greg Abbott, Ken Paxton, and the Texas Republican Supreme Court did everything in their power to stop Texans from voting. It didnt work. Texans will not be deterred. We will continue our fight to expand access to the ballot box and protect every Texans right to vote, but this election showed that Texas Democrats are fired up and are ready for change.
Texas is the biggest battleground state in the country. There is unprecedented energy across our great state, and Texas Democrats are putting in the hard work to turn Texas blue in November. This is our moment.
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Folks, TX is now a SWING STATE & VERY MUCH A BATTLEGROUND TO FIGHT FOR. If Joe can win in TX he wins the presidency. I'm posting here as we are 3 months from November and TX is very much in play in national politics.
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BREAKING: In the Middle of a Pandemic, Texas Democrats Break the Record for Highest Turnout in Texas [View all]
onetexan
Jul 2020
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I hope the GOP doesn't start purging the voting rolls. I'm so proud of Texas right now!!
BComplex
Jul 2020
#6
The good news is that most of the largest counties in Texas are controlled by Democrats.
Lonestarblue
Jul 2020
#10
TX Dem party chair said it very well: "There is unprecedented energy across our great state"
onetexan
Jul 2020
#9
if Texas turns blue, it will be phenomenal! I will even thank trump for helping to achieve this goal
AlexSFCA
Jul 2020
#12
I read this and I swear it's true - hair on my arms standing up - we may get rid of TRUMP!!!
NoMoreRepugs
Jul 2020
#15
I was a Lead Judge yesterday and every single Democratic voter wore a mask
yellowdogintexas
Jul 2020
#36