The 119th United States Congress

[romad1]

Just now, Motown Bombers said:

It’s worth challenging. Georgia was red until it wasn’t. 

Yes, exactly. 

[Tigeraholic1]

2 hours ago, Tigerbomb13 said:

Or just maybe they will be more focused on things that are directly affecting them like affordability, instead of this dumb culture war ****. 

Yeah uh, this is Texas not a purple state. Jasmine Crockett would have been a much better choice, oh well....

[Motown Bombers]

Best case is Cornyn wins and Paxton runs as an independent and sucks up the MAGA vote. 

[gehringer_2]

14 minutes ago, Motown Bombers said:

That was 8 years ago and before COVID. Since then, the Texas suburbs have expanded rapidly. It’s the type of growth that put Georgia in play. People forget Texas has the same racial makeup as California. The environment also seems to be more Dem friendly than 2018. 2018 was the first time in decades a Democrat seriously challenged for a statewide race. 

true - I was just going back to '18 to get a number on a non-presidential year Senate race/turnout.

But not all of surburbia is necessarily favorable ground for Dems either. Depends on where people came from to get there.  We've got Macomb county which is suburbia, as is the area in MN that elected Michele Bachman just as another example I remember when I lived there.

The racial makeup similarity is interesting. Still a lot of cultural differences remain, with the Texas heritage being ranching and even more so the oil field, vs the California heritage being agriculture, entertainment and now tech. This produces a lot of difference in the world view of the professional classes in the two places. Also with CA being  renowned for its educational institutions, Tx not so much.

[romad1]

16 minutes ago, Motown Bombers said:

Best case is Cornyn wins and Paxton runs as an independent and sucks up the MAGA vote. 

Or, that Texas billionaires learn that their money causes cancer if they spend it on politics or that Jesus is coming and he's pissed about their worship of Mammon. 

[Mr.TaterSalad]

 

I've seen conflicting reports about how hard Jasmine Crockett will or will not support James Talarico.

[Tigeraholic1]

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Texas is going to love this guy! A real cowboy.

 

Edited 15 minutes ago by Tigeraholic1