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mystery-ak:
Texas sets early voting record in nonpresidential year
By Morgan Gstalter - 03/02/18 05:39 PM EST

Texans have set a record for early voting in a non-presidential primary election year, the Laredo Morning Times reported Friday.

More than 602,000 voters have cast ballots in the largest counties through Wednesday. That total includes votes cast in both Democratic and Republican primaries, with more ballots cast buy Democrats than Republicans.

It does not count ballots that were cast on Thursday or Friday, the last day of voting.

It's the first time in a decade, when Barack Obama was battling Hillary Clinton in a presidential primary, that Texas Democrats have seen the largest turnout in a primary.

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http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/376520-texas-sets-early-voting-record-in-nonpresidential-year

Sanguine:
I voted today!

Victoria33:
@mystery-ak

"Democrats have outvoted Republicans by more than 25,000 ballots since early voting began on Feb. 20.
For the last two gubernatorial election cycles, Republicans surpassed Democrats in the primaries by over 100,000 votes each year, the Laredo Morning Times reported."

We outvoted them by over 100,000 in early voting in non-presidential years, of which this is one.  Now, they have outvoted us by 25,000 this year.  We may lose every Republican state official and county official if there is a Democrat running for those seats and the Independents vote Democrat straight ticket.  Normally, the Independents don't vote straight ticket but I think Trump will cause them to vote Democrat straight ticket this year.  They will punch that Democrat straight ticket button and see it as punching Trump out.

I need to go to Texas Democrat website, and see for which Texas seats a Dem is running.  That may be on the SOS website, too.

WENT TO SOS WEBSITE.  There are Democrat candidates for these state offices - Republicans can lose these offices to Democrats:

US Senator
US Representative District 5
Governor
Lt. Governor
Attorney General
Comptroller
Comptroller Public Accounts
Commissioner General Land Office
Commissioner of Agriculture
Railroad Commissioner
Justice, Supreme Ct. Place 2
Justice, Supreme Ct. Place 4
Justice, Supreme Ct. Place 6
Presiding Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals Place 7
State Senator, District 3
State Senator, District 8

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