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Buoyed by stout fundraising and a large grass-roots team, Beto O’Rourke on Friday sought to energize Democrats for his marquee race to unseat incumbent Republican Gov. Greg Abbott.
“We’ve got to bring everything that we have to this fight, because we’re fighting for the people of Texas,” O’Rourke told The Dallas Morning News before his speech. “I’m encouraged by the energy here, by the number of people who’ve contributed donations and money, but also their time. We have 70,000 volunteers strong and counting right now.”
For O’Rourke and other Democrats, winning will be difficult.
No Democrat has won a statewide race since 1994. And the last Democratic Party governor was Ann Richards, who won election to one term in 1990 before losing to Republican George W. Bush. Republicans enjoy a structural advantage in Texas statewide elections because more of them vote than Democrats, so O’Rourke needs a massive tide of new voters or GOP defectors to overcome Abbott.
The Abbott-O’Rourke clash will be one of the most watched races in the country.
Comment:
Beto is a far left crackpot.
He's kind of Progressive Extremist ideas are what destroys prosperity and create unlivable cities.
The Democrats say that the Republican "replacement theory" is racist, but Democrats are the ones who have been bragging about flipping Texas through illegal immigration for decades.
The racist Democrats are hoping that they will flip Texas just by demographic attrition.
They use hate and fear as their primary political tools.
When you boil down Left Wing economics to its essence, it is based upon stealing.
Democrats destroy.
Republicans create.
“We’ve got to bring everything that we have to this fight, because we’re fighting for the people of Texas,” O’Rourke told The Dallas Morning News before his speech. “I’m encouraged by the energy here, by the number of people who’ve contributed donations and money, but also their time. We have 70,000 volunteers strong and counting right now.”
For O’Rourke and other Democrats, winning will be difficult.
No Democrat has won a statewide race since 1994. And the last Democratic Party governor was Ann Richards, who won election to one term in 1990 before losing to Republican George W. Bush. Republicans enjoy a structural advantage in Texas statewide elections because more of them vote than Democrats, so O’Rourke needs a massive tide of new voters or GOP defectors to overcome Abbott.
The Abbott-O’Rourke clash will be one of the most watched races in the country.
Comment:
Beto is a far left crackpot.
He's kind of Progressive Extremist ideas are what destroys prosperity and create unlivable cities.
The Democrats say that the Republican "replacement theory" is racist, but Democrats are the ones who have been bragging about flipping Texas through illegal immigration for decades.
The racist Democrats are hoping that they will flip Texas just by demographic attrition.
They use hate and fear as their primary political tools.
When you boil down Left Wing economics to its essence, it is based upon stealing.
Democrats destroy.
Republicans create.
