Democrats have long held an edge in South Texas, but Republicans see an opening there to expand their House majority.
to receive twice-monthly updates on our year-long initiative dedicated to boosting civic engagement and chronicling how democracy is experienced in Texas.and Republican political groups are pouring money into three Democrat-controlled state House districts in South Texas , giving the GOP a financial edge and raising the prospect that the party could widen its majority in the lower chamber.
The lack of competition is by design: Republicans redrew the state’s political maps in 2021 to shore up incumbent districts where GOP support had eroded. Republicans control 86 of 150 seats in the Texas House. And while they face little danger of losing their majority, any gains in South Texas could offset losses elsewhere in the state — and help the GOP
Though Democrats face a bleak financial picture in competitive South Texas House races, they are buoyed by a built-in partisan advantage in at least two of the districts Republicans are targeting.Morales, a two-term incumbent, won reelection last year by a comfortable 11 points, even as O’Rourke carried the district over Abbott by less than a point. Biden would have carried the seat by 5 points in 2020.
In the latest reports, GOP nominee Don McLaughlin, Jr., a former Uvalde mayor, raised $432,000, more than seven times the haul reported by his Democratic foe, Cecilia Castellano.Bishop raised a whopping $600,000 over the nearly three-month reporting period, with the biggest chunk — $250,000 — coming from Leaders We Deserve PAC, the group led by Parkland school shooting survivor and gun control activist David Hogg.
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