Jane C. Timm is a senior reporter for NBC News.
The national Democratic super PAC Forward Majority plans to spend more than $2 million on Texas state House races this year, the group’s officials told NBC News, as they seek to take advantage of Republican infighting to cut into the party’s advantage in the chamber. The group said ongoing feuds in the state — with leading Texas Republicans and former President Donald Trump campaigning against the party’s incumbent lawmakers who voted to impeach state Attorney General Ken Paxton or against Gov.
Allison had voted to impeach Paxton and against the school voucher program. Laurel Jordan Swift, a medical sales representative running on a promise to better fund public schools, won the Democratic nomination. “That district skyrockets higher on the list of places folks are interested in because Republicans made a choice to get rid of a very popular incumbent who I think was in touch with the constituents he served,” said Jeff Rotkoff, Forward Majority’s Texas state director.
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