Texas is considered one of the biggest battleground states in the country. During their runs for office, numerous presidential candidates even visited the state multiple times to speak with Texans. The city of Houston was also one of the finalists to host the...
2020 Elections
back to archiveHow Kamala Harris Can Turn Texas Blue
After months of speculation and weeks of growing anticipation, former Vice President Joe Biden made it official on Tuesday and selected California Senator Kamala Harris as his running mate. Harris is a historical selection for a number of reasons, it also marks the...
Chip Roy on radio show: My message to Texans is to take the election seriously
GOP Rep. Chip Roy took some time out of his busy schedule to appear on right-wing radio this week to bash Democratic figures and discuss his reelection bid. On The Joe Pags Show earlier this week, Roy expressed that he isn’t worried about the extensive...
Is Texas being snubbed at this year’s Democratic National Convention?
*The following story has been updated with a statement from the Texas Democratic Party. This week, Democrats released their list of speakers for the 2020 Democratic National Convention. Among them, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Pres. Barack Obama, Sec. Hillary Clinton,...
From Blue Texas to the Lincoln Project: PACs look to turn Texas blue
In yet another ominous sign for his reelection campaign’s chances in the Lone Star state, Donald Trump and company woke up to more unwelcome news this morning: A new Democratic super PAC is looking to give former Vice President Joe Biden a boost in the general...
Poll shows Candace Valenzuela leads race to fill open GOP congressional seat
Democratic candidate Candace Valenzuela appears to be comfortably ahead in her race to flip a vacated GOP congressional seat in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Valenzuela leads Republican candidate Beth Van Duyne by a seven percentage point margin, 48 to 41 percent,...
Cornyn narrowly leads Hegar in new poll, as DSCC invests money in senate race
In a Morning Consult poll released Tuesday, Senator John Cornyn now narrowly leads Democratic opponent MJ Hegar by 6 points, a 3-point drop from a Quinnipiac poll in July. This is the smallest lead Cornyn has had in a public poll thus far. The Democratic Senatorial...
With Texas in play, Biden campaign staffs up
Joe Biden’s presidential campaign announced six new key hires in Texas on Monday, a sign the campaign is staffing up in a state both parties consider a battleground state. Rebecca Acuña, a former communications director for Texas Democrats and multiple lawmakers, was...
Obama issues first wave of 2020 Texas endorsements
Barack Obama is throwing his weight behind more than a dozen Texas Democratic candidates vying to flip congressional and state House seats. The former president released his first wave of 2020 endorsements on Monday in a Medium post that included endorsements...