Voting for Texas’s high-profile election began early Tuesday, with Republicans struggling to maintain their dominance across the state and a boatload of sub-center-down Dr. down-belt races – all in the midst of an epidemic that Maintains political normalcy.
Democrats enter the early voting period because they are optimistic. Across the state, he believes his presidential candidate, Biden, is the real target of Texas victory, and his U.S. Senate candidate, MJ Hager, is accelerating at the right time. Confidence is heightened by the fact that they are targeting 10 GOP-led US House of Representatives seats and trying to get a majority in the Texas House that they lost in the 2002 election.
While Republicans may not be openly concerned with President Donald Trump or US Sen. John Korn, they acknowledge that they are fighting in the down-belt.
Matt Langston, a Republican adviser to Texas, said: “The fight in Texas is undoubtedly local, it’s your low-choice race where you see the most spending and political activity. The big question is: will these campaigns be able to run in the last three weeks of the election? This is a very effective voting process. Republicans have always done very well. 2020 is about to test it. ”
Both sides are trying to get votes in large numbers, and voter registration figures are skyrocketing. The secretary of state’s office said Monday that Texas now has 16.9 million registered voters as of Sept. 22, the last time the office announced the total. The registration deadline was October 5, and applications are still being counted, making it possible that the final count for the November election will be over 1.7 million. That would be closer to 2 million more voters than registering for the 2016 elections.
Looking at the general political questions about the November election is a month of legal debate and drama over how Texas will be able to vote because of the epidemic. Democrats tried unsuccessfully to increase mail voting, which was opposed by Republican leaders. Instead, Graeme Abbott extended the voting deadline by six days, giving voters more time than usual to change their ballot personally if they so wished.
Abbott’s decision led to the prosecution of some key members of his own party, including Alan West, chairman of the Republican Party of Texas, and Sid Miller, the state’s agriculture commissioner. Last week, the Texas Supreme Court With the governor, Maintaining a long voting period.
Abbott’s legal troubles did not end there, however. Earlier this month, he said there could be only one drop-off site per county for the Mail ballot, which would lead to several lawsuits by Democrats and voting rights advocates. A federal judge Ruled against Abbott On Friday, the Federal Court of Appeals reversed that decision late Saturday, leaving little time for the next lawsuit before early voting could begin on Tuesday.
On top of that, a federal judge last month overturned a ban on direct ticket voting in Texas. Days later, the U.S. 5th Circuit Court reinstated the 2017 State Law of Appeal, and the election is proceeding without a choice.
“I think the court battles have definitely been confusing,” said Carol Donovan, chairman of the Dallas County Democratic Party. “It sounds like you’re saying, ‘Oh my goodness, we have direct ticket voting again,’ the Fifth Circuit slapped it.”
The epidemic has also forced candidates to change their campaign style.
Across the board, Republicans are more willing to resume individual campaigns, while Democrats are still keeping their campaigns more virtual. Hager, the Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate, recently said she was “doing a lot of personal travel on books, but we’re doing it in a relatively low-key way.”
“I’m trying to make sure we’re going to do that responsibly,” Hager told reporters during a call earlier this month. “So I personally hold events that are not rallies … which can put my supporters, the press, the staff and the people who come to such events at risk of being infected. I am doing personal work such as meeting elected officials like mayors and unions. ”
The most exciting opportunity for Democrats in November is at the very top of the ticket, with Biden looking set to become the first Democratic presidential candidate to run the state since 1976. For months, the election has pointed to a nearby White House race in the state, although some recent non-partisan polls have given Trump little room to breathe. Still, all the evidence suggests that Trump will lead the state in 2016 by less than his 9-point margin, the thinnest spread for a GOP nominee in Texas in two decades.
Despite the polls, some of Trump’s top moves in Texas have raised hopes that he can improve his 2016 margin this November. They include Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, who is leading Trump’s re-election campaign in the state, as well as the chairman of the Western GOP.
“I think the president will be able to maintain at least the 8-9 point advantage he got in Texas and maybe even more so because we have to register new voters, new Republican voters.” In and of course we are also seeing something. “People used to vote for the Democrats, the West,” he said in an interview at the Texas Tribe Festival recently. Speaking more broadly about Republican prospects, West said he “doesn’t believe much, but I’m confident we’re going to have a great performance in November.”
Whether Biden’s campaign is costly to win in Texas has become an open question, and the clock is ticking. The campaign has had more than 6 6 million in TV reserves in the state at one time, since then Changed its reservation, And it did not share with reporters the extent of its investment in the state between now and November 3.
On Tuesday, the first day of voting in Texas, the Biden campaign is sending the nominee’s wife, Jill Biden, to Dallas, El Paso and Houston. He will be the highest-ranking surrogate to make a personal visit to the state during the general election, following a meeting last week with Doug Amhoff, husband of Biden’s running mate, U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris of California.
After the presidential race, Kornin’s re-election race is the next big draw for the state ballot. The third-term GOP incoming is being challenged by Hager, a former Air Force helicopter pilot who did not mix up the Miss Miss Challenge for Beto O’Rourke’s 2018 U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz in a contest. But still remains competitive.
Republicans have long been optimistic that Carnegie will overtake Trump in Texas and then choose not to hold more elections, and the poll has generally confirmed that. However, there have been recent indications that the race is accelerating, especially after Hager announced he would raise ਇਕੱ 13.5 million in the third quarter. Corinne has not yet disclosed the period, but said he was angry for the time being and “erased” the huge cash-handed advantage from the start of the cycle.
“We’re going dollar-for-dollar right now,” Cornin said during a Republican-Jewish alliance program last week.
Last weekend, Cornin turned negative for the first time on TV, launching an ad calling Hager “too generous for Texas.” Meanwhile, a pro-carnivorous Super PAC that is launching its online attack is set to air its campaign on TV on Tuesday.
Moving beyond state-level elections, the opportunity for a democratic path opens wide, beginning with the abundance of American hassle contests that have attracted national attention.
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee has nominated 10 GOP seats as pickup opportunities, a significant battle plan that has escalated since the committee set up shop in Texas early in the election cycle. . National Republicans, meanwhile, are working to regain the two Texas seats they lost in 2018.
In reality, however, the battlefield looks easy, with almost all external national spending focused on five races: repairs. Lizzie Panel Fletcher, D-Houston, a GOP target, and four Democratic goals: Rip. Seats for Chip Roy, R-in-Stein, and Retirement Repressors. Will Herd, R-Helots; Kenny Merchant, R-Koppel; And Pete Olson, R-Sugar Land.
With all appearing, early voting is the most competitive for Hard’s seat and opinion. In the district of Heard, once the only real swing seat in Texas, Republican Tony Gonzalez and Democrat Gina Oritz Jones are embroiled in one of the best fights in their district over health care, how they campaigned against the epidemic and Gonzalez Are. With President Donald Trump, who has backed him.
Roy and Democrat Wendy Davis, meanwhile, are battling law enforcement and Roy’s support for coronavirism and other epidemiological measures. On Friday morning, Davis called A.M. TV Ed “The country needs criminal justice reform, but I do not support defaming the police,” he said. Later in the day, Roy released one Advertising I want to capture the epidemic debate.
Some say it’s a hoax, others say, “Stop it.” Rai said on the occasion. “Too much, both are wrong.”
The second down-belt draw is the battle for a majority in Texas Houses, a big prize ahead of the 2021 re-run. Democrats currently hold 12 seats in 2018, nine away from a majority in the 150-member House. And while they have to defend these newcomers, they are convinced that crime is on the rise.
The Democrats entered the circle with their eyes set on 22 pickup opportunities, and they are not backing down.
“The battlefield is open,” said Kir Murray, a spokesman for the Texas House Democratic Campaign Committee. “We don’t believe in anything, but we are optimistic about our prospects for November, and the gas pedal of our candidates is on their feet and they will fly through the tape, the finish line, as soon as possible on November 3. ”
Campaign finance reports were released last week in the State House battle, and they show state and national groups raising cash in the fight. With 34 seats expected to play out – a number now including Democratic districts where Republicans are expected to win – Democrats raised 6. 7.6 million to 3 5.3 million in currency donations for Republicans, while Republicans raised 10 10 million for Democrats. Increased to 1 9.1 million. Republicans matured Democrats from ਸ਼ੁਰੂਆਤ 9.9 million to 6. 6.2 million, with more cash this time around, from early July to September 24.
The Associated Republicans of Texas, one of the main state-based groups defending the majority, said Monday in an attempt to sound the alarm about the state’s out-of-state influence, “It is clear that millions are being spent in coastal areas outside the state.” . Attempts were made to draw their Democratic candidates to the final line because their masked progressive agenda was not steaming in the Lone Star State. “
As voting continues early, both parties are still facing some divisions in their ranks. Hager’s Democratic primary candidate, Rice West, said Friday that he would not vote for her, claiming he had problems with black voters. The next day, Grave Abbott’s coronavirus protest outside the governor’s mansion drew two high-profile Republicans: West and Miller.
“I was elected chairman of the Republican Party of Texas, not someone’s fan club,” West said. Said on Sunday, Defending himself.
Early voting ends October 30.
