Funny how some guest here he make a thread on every state seat flipped to dem have ignored this one.
Voters elected political newcomer Pete Flores to the Texas Senate on Tuesday, flipping a Democratic district red for the first time in 139 years and bolstering Republicans’ supermajority in the chamber ahead of the November elections.
Christian Archer, Gallego’s campaign strategist, said he was shocked by the results, adding that they weren’t able to generate as much excitement as the Republicans.
“I don’t have any regrets, but I have a lot of disappointment,” Archer said.
Flores’ win marked an incredible upset in a district that political observers said shouldn’t have been competitive for Republicans. Low turnout in special elections and high-level GOP interests in preserving a Senate supermajority helped push Flores across the line, they said.
Could this be a sign?
Wonder what the polling showed prior to the election. So far I can’t find anyone with my lacking google skills.
Cruz is up by 9! Beto is a fraud! It has been discovered that he is in fact taking money through Super Pac’s by allowing them to buy his merchandise and signage in Bulk, and giving the items away for free, while stating he doesnt even talk to Super Pacs, and they should be done away with. Then talking about taking away guns, and taking knees, All his commercials are nothing but platitudes. Cruz is going to wipe the floor with him Friday night.
Well, that is a long time for a seat to be one party, so it’s noteworthy in that respect. But state senate? Not really that big of a deal is it? Texas already has a red super majority.
I sometimes post threads on state special elections. But those posts were on overall trends. I didn’t even realize there were any special elections left before November. Doesn’t seem to make sense. But the overall trend of the special elections show Democrats taking about 20% of Republican held seats(which is a lot) and losing almost none themselves in 2017 and 2018. Now it’s like two. Plus the Democrats on average have been overperforming in even the ones they lost. But I don’t know anything about this one.
You must not be from Texas! Its like the equivalency of Sheila Jackson Lee losing her seat to a Republican in inner city Houston. This is a huge Flip, and a bad sign for Beto.
If Texas flips blue, that opens the door to socialism. I wonder if the debate will be on national television on Friday. I would love to watch it, even though I’m not a Texan.
No, it’s not like that at all. First, SJL wins her district with much, much larger margins than Texas Senate District 19. Second, the seat became open because the incumbent had like 11 felony charges and the new Democratic candidate was a bland politician who didn’t even run a single TV ad. There were fewer than 45,000 votes cast and Flores won by fewer than 3,000.
