[Longview News Journal from Dallas Morning News] High-ranking Texas Democrats have sought to numb acute pain from a drubbing they took in this month’s midterm election by accentuating the positive.Yeah, man, we won big in California!
Predictions of a GOP "wave election" didn’t come true, they note. For the most part, Democrats fended off a nationally funded, much-publicized Republican incursion in South Texas — traditionally, a Democratic stronghold. Also, Democrats posted notable wins in some of the state’s big urban and suburban counties, such as Harris, Dallas and Collin.
The Blue cities get bluer; I'm not sure what they won in suburban Collin County (north of Dallas).
Still, momentum from Democrats’ bravura performance in the previous midterm, 2018, has ebbed with each of the past two general elections in Texas.
Some Democrats are asking hard questions about whether the party’s latest statewide slate was too male and white, its messages too stilted and its structures obsolescent.I think you're on to something there - double down!
Some also want to demand more electioneering and resource-sharing by longtime Democratic members of Congress and the Legislature. While their coffers have swelled in seats that are safe because of GOP redistricting gerrymanders, they need to be prodded and shamed into campaigning and giving money to other Democrats on the ballot, critics say.
How much was gifted to Beto - Nacho governor?
"The undeniable fact is that we’re not built for statewide victory," said Ali Zaidi, who managed the lieutenant governor campaign of Houston businessman Mike Collier. Two-term Republican Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick defeated him by 10.4 percentage points.
As my wife loves to point out, he's been under indictment since before the last election.
"We are at risk of becoming a party in search of relevance," Zaidi said.
Speaking of relevance...
In 2018, then-Democratic congressman Beto O’Rourke lost to U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz by almost 2.6 percentage points. In 2020, successful Democratic challenger Joe Biden lost Texas to then-President Donald Trump by nearly 5.6 percentage points. Earlier this month, though, O’Rourke lost the governor’s race to Gov. Greg Abbott by 11.
Beto said - "Send your money to help me turn Texas Blue!"
State Democratic Chairman Gilberto Hinojosa, nonetheless, points to long-term trend lines and insists his party is posting steady gains.
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