TX: GOP Claims of mismanagement, fraud don't explain Democrats' 2022 sweep of Harris County
Republicans are seeking fresh elections in nearly two dozen contests, alleging Election Day woes cost them thousands of votes, but a surge in Democratic registration and long-term demographic trends provide simpler explanations for GOP losses.
Democrats swept the November elections in Harris County. Now, in the wake of problems at many polling locations on Election Day, nearly two dozen Republican candidates are seeking a do over. But a surge in registration and long-term demographic trends both gave the Democrats an edge that new elections likely would not erase.
Ask Cindy Siegel, chair of the Harris County Republican Party, why there was a blue wave last November, and she'll tell you the elections weren't fairly run. She points to problems on Election Day, notably shortages of paper ballots, which she claims hurt Republican voters.
"We believe that based upon voters being turned away in Republican stronghold areas like up in the north and northwest, that these areas that we know for a fact that those people would probably be voting for Republicans," Siegel said.
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