Washington Post-What we learned from Bernie Sanders's town hall

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125. I am really curious to find out how this voter revolution works

sanders seems to think that there is a number of new voters who if they show up, these new voters will force the GOP to be reasonable. I have no idea how this would work

In the mean time, we flipped two seats in Texas during the midterm and the DCCC has targeted six additional sets that I feel good about. See https://cookpolitical.com/analysis/house/house-overview/2020-house-overview-can-democrats-keep-their-majority

TX-10: Michael McCaul (R) - Central: Austin and Houston suburbs
Lean Republican. McCaul, the former chair of the Homeland Security Committee, defeated underfunded Democratic prosecutor Mike Siegel by just four points in a race that was on no one's radar. Beto O'Rourke carried the 10th CD, owing to gargantuan turnout in its Travis County portion. Siegel is running again, but Democrats are hunting for someone new.

TX-21: Chip Roy (R) - South central: San Antonio and Austin suburbs
Lean Republican. The I-35 corridor is experiencing heavy Democratic vote growth, and Army veteran and tech entrepreneur Joseph Kopser held Roy, a former top aide to Sen. Ted Cruz, to a narrower-than-expected 50 percent to 48 percent victory. Kopser is currently developing a new app and hasn't indicated whether he'll run again, but Democratic recruiters may not feel like waiting on him.

TX-22: Pete Olson (R) - Houston southwest suburbs: Sugar Land
Lean Republican. This Sugar Land district, once held by Tom DeLay, is experiencing a surge in non-white professionals and isn't the reliable GOP bastion it used to be. President Trump took just 52 percent here in 2016 and Olson defeated Democratic former foreign service officer Sri Preston Kulkarni just 51 percent to 47 percent. Kulkarni is likely to run again and raise more than the $1.5 million he put together at the last minute in 2018.

TX-23: Will Hurd (R) - West: San Antonio and El Paso suburbs
Toss Up. Hurd's steadfast anti-wall stance and vocal criticism of President Trump have allowed the former CIA officer to survive in a 68 percent Hispanic seat that voted for Hillary Clinton. But his narrower-than-expected 926-vote margin over Democratic Air Force veteran Gina Ortiz Jones will keep him near the top of Democrats' target list. Ortiz Jones is expected to run again but may not clear the primary field. Hurd is in for another tough fight.

TX-24: Kenny Marchant (R) - Dallas/Ft. Worth suburbs: Grapevine, Irving
Toss Up. Not even Democratic operatives had heard of Jan McDowell, but the CPA came within three points of denying Marchant an eighth term despite spending just $88,000. How? The rapidly changing demographics of this Irving seat, and Beto O'Rourke, who carried it. Democrats will likely field a much more credible candidate in 2020. State Rep. Julie Johnson represents a good chunk of the 24th CD, but she just won her seat in 2018.

TX-31: John Carter (R) - Central: Round Rock, Temple, Killeen
Lean Republican. Carter, who turned 77 on Election Day 2018, eked out a 51 percent to 48 percent victory over Democratic former Air Force fighter pilot M.J. Hegar, who outspent him $5 million to $1.7 million. President Trump carried this seat by 13 points in 2016, but the northern Austin suburbs are rapidly changing. Democrats are courting Hegar to seek a rematch, but she could also opt to run for Senate. And, Carter could opt to retire.