Texas Republicans sound alarm about rapidly evolving state

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Texas Republicans sound alarm about rapidly evolving state
By Jonathan Easley - 09/06/19 06:00 AM EDT

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Republicans are sounding the alarm as Democratic presidential candidates get ready for their debate next week in Houston, warning that the Lone Star State could become more purple if the party doesn’t treat it as a 2020 battleground.

Most in the GOP are confident President Trump will win Texas and its 38 electoral votes next year, and they think Texas GOP Sen. John Cornyn will turn aside his Democratic challenger.


But they are worried they will lose more House seats a cycle after Democrats clawed back two districts as they retook their majority.

Five House Republicans have retired, including three in seats targeted by Democrats. The nonpartisan Cook Political Report rates them as either toss-ups or lean Democratic.

More broadly, Texas Republicans say the GOP can’t rest on its laurels in a state that is growing more competitive.

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https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/460155-texas-republicans-sound-alarm-about-rapidly-evolving-state

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I certainly do not view with alarm any Congressional seat becoming vacant.

One of the foremost problems we have in DC is too many on both sides of the aisle are there for too long.  It makes a lot of the GOP, with Cornyn as a prime example, of becoming lethargic with the original mandate of why people voted him to that position, and becoming one of the problems.

I posted onto another thread data which does not support much in the way of a 'rapidly evolving state' as the article says.

http://www.gopbriefingroom.com/index.php/topic,374335.msg2047407.html#msg2047407