Technical difficulties marred the Texas GOP’s virtual convention over the weekend. The convention, which shifted from in-person to online last week after Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner canceled the event citing a worsening pandemic, was supposed to begin on...
2020 Elections
back to archiveDemocratic incumbents in competitive races hold large cash lead
Two Democratic freshmen who flipped U.S. House seats in 2018 are rapidly expanding their war chest as they play defense against Republican challengers. Reps. Colin Allred from Dallas and Lizzie Fletcher from Houston each outraised their GOP opponents who are trying to...
DNC launches first Texas TV ad, signaling a play for Texas’ 38 electoral votes
Today, the Democratic National Committee launched its first TV ad in Texas. The ad hammers President Donald Trump on his mishandling of the COVID-19 crisis that has led to over 100,000 deaths for older Americans, who are the most vulnerable. Eighty percent of COVID-19...
The Texas Democrats most likely to flip GOP seats in 2020
With the dust settled in primary runoff elections and the latest congressional campaign finance reports filed, Texans now have a better idea of where the bloodiest battles will take place this November. In 2018, Democrats picked up two congressional seats in Houston...
Beto O’Rourke is returning to Texas’ 254 counties
Beto O’Rourke, who famously campaigned across Texas’ 254 counties during his bid for U.S. Senate in 2018, is returning to every single county in the state. Not as a candidate, but with his organization, Powered by People, which is directing the organizing muscle...
AOC and Julián Castro join forces to build America’s progressive bench
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and former HUD Secretary Julián Castro, two of the nation’s most prominent Latinos, joined forces on Tuesday night for a virtual grassroots fundraiser. Together, they laid out their plan to work shoulder-to-shoulder in building a national...
Beto O’Rourke aims to make 15 million calls to Texas voters, more than half of state’s population, through Powered by People
Beto O’Rourke’s organization, Powered by People, seeks to deliver dozens of decisive Democratic victories at every level of the ballot by making a stunning 15 million calls to Texas voters by the November election — more than half of the state’s population of 29...
Led by MJ Hegar, Texas Democrats field formidable ticket in runoffs
Hegar to headline Democratic ticket Powered by historic turnout, Texas Democrats on Tuesday finally reached closure on a slew of contested primaries across the state as unofficial results were tallied in the Democratic primary runoff. In the headline matchup, Air...
Cristina Tzintzún Ramirez makes the case for a Biden presidency
With an eye towards next month’s virtual DNC Convention, and a general election that is approaching 100 days away, Latino Victory Fund launched their “Latinos con Biden Battleground Charlas” tour in Texas yesterday. The program is a complement to a Biden for America...