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yellowdogintexas

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8. I have lived in TX since 1989 and I have never seen the level of excitement
Mon Sep 14, 2020, 08:48 PM
Sep 2020

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.

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