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Democrats' turnout in Texas primary is highest in 16 yearsBy ASSOCIATED PRESS MAR 06, 2018 | 9:25 PM
Democrats in deep-red Texas turned out in their largest midterm primary election numbers in more than a decade Tuesday, propelling female candidates toward challenges to entrenched male Republicans in Congress and venting their anger at President Trump in the first state primary of 2018.
The biggest question was whether Texas is just the start of what's to come nationwide. Energized Texas Democrats showed up despite the long odds this November of ousting Republicans such as U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz who released a radio ad after clinching the GOP nomination Tuesday night, telling voters that Democratic opponent Beto O'Rourke "wants to take our guns."
O'Rourke, a congressman from El Paso who won his party's primary Tuesday, has called for banning AR-15-style assault rifles in wake of last month's mass shooting at a Florida high school that killed 17 people.
Neither that tragedy nor a mass shooting at a Texas church last fall played as dominant campaign issues in Texas, but with the GOP's majority in Congress on the line this fall, Democratic voters came out in force. Republicans kept their edge in the total number of votes cast, but Democrats made significant inroads into what has been Republican dominance for decades.
http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-texas-primary-20180306-story.html
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Democrats' turnout in Texas primary is highest in 16 years (Original Post)
workinclasszero
Mar 2018
OP
Yes, there are still millions of voters who insist on having their SS and Medicare taken
Eliot Rosewater
Mar 2018
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orangecrush
(19,540 posts)1. GREAT NEWS!
K&R!
sheshe2
(83,746 posts)2. Blue Wave
Gothmog
(145,130 posts)3. There are a large number of good Democrats working hard to turn Texas blue
vercetti2021
(10,156 posts)4. I have to beat half a million Republican voters still
Is going to be a long uphill battle hopefully it'll pay off in the next few cycles
Eliot Rosewater
(31,109 posts)7. Yes, there are still millions of voters who insist on having their SS and Medicare taken
from them, who insist on their air and water needlessly being less safe.
vercetti2021
(10,156 posts)9. Can't cure stupid
Just have to defeat it.
myraphilips
(23 posts)5. It Starts with Austin
Starts with Austin and then the state slowly evolves!
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)6. Purple Texas would be good
for starters huh?
Wounded Bear
(58,647 posts)8. Good work, much left to be done...