« previous next »
Pages: [1]   Go Down

Author Topic: Blue wave may be building in Texas  (Read 931 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Online mystery-ak

  • Owner
  • Administrator
  • ******
  • Posts: 382,880
  • Gender: Female
  • Let's Go Brandon!
Blue wave may be building in Texas
« on: February 28, 2018, 12:15:33 am »
Blue wave may be building in Texas
By Reid Wilson - 02/27/18 06:52 PM EST



More Democratic voters than Republicans have cast ballots ahead of next month’s primary elections in Texas, in what some party officials interpret as a new sign that a blue wave is building ahead of the midterm elections.

The Texas Secretary of State’s office said 168,000 voters had cast ballots in the Democratic primary in person or by mail in the state’s ten largest counties through the end of Sunday. By contrast, 138,000 voters had cast ballots in the Republican primary.

more
http://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/375859-blue-wave-may-be-building-in-texas
Logged
Proud Supporter of Tunnel to Towers
Support the USO
Democrat Party...the Party of Infanticide

“Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.”
-Matthew 6:34

Offline Right_in_Virginia

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 79,656
Re: Blue wave may be building in Texas
« Reply #1 on: February 28, 2018, 12:57:40 am »
Does this matter in a primary?  Is Cruz running unopposed on the Republican side?



« Last Edit: February 28, 2018, 12:59:31 am by Right_in_Virginia »
Logged

Offline thackney

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 12,267
  • Gender: Male
Re: Blue wave may be building in Texas
« Reply #2 on: February 28, 2018, 12:58:30 pm »
Quote from: Right_in_Virginia on February 28, 2018, 12:57:40 am
Does this matter in a primary?  Is Cruz running unopposed on the Republican side?

No

Republican Candidates showing up in my county for US Senator are:

Bruce Jacobson, Jr.
Geraldine Sam
Mary Miller
Stefano de Stefano
Ted Cruz

https://webservices.sos.state.tx.us/candidate-filing/cf-report.aspx

None of these others have real possibilities to win, but it is not hard to file.
Logged
Life is fragile, handle with prayer

Offline MajorClay

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 1,605
  • Gender: Male
Re: Blue wave may be building in Texas
« Reply #3 on: February 28, 2018, 01:58:23 pm »
08 was a wave.  This year, more like the tide coming in
Logged

Offline thackney

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 12,267
  • Gender: Male
Re: Blue wave may be building in Texas
« Reply #4 on: February 28, 2018, 02:10:09 pm »
Quote from: MajorClay on February 28, 2018, 01:58:23 pm
08 was a wave.  This year, more like the tide coming in

We hear this silly claim every election year for more than the past decade.

Reality, Texas hasn't elected ANY democrat to ANY statewide office since 1994.  Tell me another state claiming to be a republican stronghold that comes close to that election record.

Sure we have our liberal pockets.  Like all states.  But when you get past the talk and count the votes:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_party_strength_in_Texas
Logged
Life is fragile, handle with prayer

Offline MajorClay

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 1,605
  • Gender: Male
Re: Blue wave may be building in Texas
« Reply #5 on: March 01, 2018, 12:30:01 am »
I'm on the ground canvassing and also a precinct chair.  The Dems are way more enthusiastic than we are.
But that graph at the top of the thread says it.
Logged

Offline GrouchoTex

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 7,382
  • Gender: Male
Re: Blue wave may be building in Texas
« Reply #6 on: March 01, 2018, 03:06:13 pm »
Unfortunately, this primary has been pretty ugly on the Republican side.
The races between Bush/Patterson and Miller/Blocker have been.
Kathaleen Wall has a lot of money behind her, supposed to be Pro-2A, grew up on a farm, etc., but upon scrutiny, she seems to run from Q and A sessions at her events, causing some heartburn in her district.
Logged
Pages: [1]   Go Up
« previous next »