Three weeks after Election Day, Democrats in Texas are still scratching their heads. Not only did Donald Trump win the state on Election Day, but the far-reaching down-ballot offensive Democrats launched following their success in 2018 fizzled out by that same Tuesday...
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Moderate Texas lawmakers blame progressive issues for election results
If anyone thought the 2020 election results would put a pin in the 4-year internal strife among Democrats of different ideological stripes, they were wrong. Three weeks after the election, moderate lawmakers in Texas are deadset on warning others that the left-leaning...
Trump surge and lack of door-knocking cost Texas Dems, says party chair
On Tuesday, the Signal spoke with Texas Democrats Chairman Gilberto Hinojosa about last week’s election results. President Trump won Texas by 5.7 percentage points and there was little to no movement in down ballot races. The following is an edited transcript of...
Candace Valenzuela concedes after close race with Beth Van Duyne
Democratic congressional candidate Candace Valenzuela conceded her race against Beth Van Duyne on Tuesday. Valenzuela, a former school board member, came 2,133 votes short of defeating Van Duyne in Texas 24. The contest in the Dallas suburbs was the last chance...
Cristina Tzintzún Ramirez: Young voters of color are key to flipping Texas
To discuss last week’s results, the Signal recently spoke with Cristina Tzintzún Ramirez, a former U.S. Senate candidate, founder of the Latino progressive organization Jolt, and cohost of the Three Righteous Mamas podcast. What are your overall thoughts on...
Mike Siegel: Dems needed to organize more and spend less on TV
On Friday, the Signal spoke to Mike Siegel, a former attorney for the city of Austin and one of 10 congressional Democratic candidates who came up short in flipping targeted Republican seats on Tuesday. Siegel’s race with Rep. Michael McCaul in Texas’ 10th Austin to...
Joe Deshotel talks Democratic messaging in the Valley
On Thursday, the Signal spoke with Joe Deshotel, a veteran Democratic political consultant and a contributing writer to the Signal. The following is an edited transcript of our discussion about the results, Democratic messaging in the state, and Latino voters. Texas...
‘We did not give up,’ says Texas Democratic Party Chair Gilberto Hinojosa
Texas Democratic Party Chair Gilberto Hinojosa issued the following statement on Wednesday reacting to the results of Election Day in Texas, which saw Trump win the state by six points and Republicans hold onto almost all congressional seats targeted by Democrats:...
Signal Q&A: Chris Chu de León talks Texas results
On Wednesday, the Signal spoke with Chris Chu de León about the election results, what went wrong for Biden, and how Biden could have increased his vote share among Latinos in border communities. Chu de León is the former Texas State Director for the 2020 Bernie...
Texas 2020: Election Day live updates
-- End of live updates -- 2:30 a.m. Despite record-breaking turnout in Texas, the Democratic offensive in the state appears to have fallen far short of its expected goal. To what degree depends on the votes that remain to be counted in major metro counties, but...