Analysis: The centerpiece of the 2018 Texas general election? Dallas County

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Dallas County, where Republican officeholders are defending congressional and legislative seats the Democrats think they can win, is the most important battleground of the 2018 general election.

by Ross Ramsey April 30, 2018 12 AM

On the day after this year’s November general election, you’ll know almost everything about how Texas went by knowing how the election went in Dallas County.

It’s a blue county in the most populated red state in the U.S. Hillary Clinton won 60.75 percent of the vote to Donald Trump’s 34.6 percent in 2016. Democrats Wendy Davis and Leticia Van de Putte beat Greg Abbott and Dan Patrick in the races for governor and lieutenant governor in 2014, even as the two Republicans were coasting to easy statewide victories.

Democrats want to keep the Dallas County trend rolling. Republicans, of course, would like to stop it cold...

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