Texas Democrats Contact Millions Of Voters In Campaign Blitz As Optimism Grows Biden Could Win State

TOPLINE

Texas Democrats are stepping up their efforts ahead of the 2020 election, contacting millions of voters this weekend alone in what the state Democratic Party is calling “the biggest weekend of action in Texas Democratic Party history” amid growing signs that Joe Biden could become the first Democrat to carry the delegate-rich state in generations.

KEY FACTS

CRITICAL QUOTE

“Our coordinated campaign is the biggest in Texas Democratic Party history. We are doing the work needed to win. We have a path to victory. Thanks to our volunteers, our state is creating a movement that will turn Texas blue and defeat Donald Trump in November,” Democratic Party Coordinated Campaign Director Brooklynne Mosley said in a statement.

KEY BACKGROUND

Texas is one of the most valuable states electorally, and its competitiveness this year has the potential to fundamentally change the electoral map and presidential campaigning. For decades, Texas has been the most valuable, reliably Republican state when it comes to the Electoral College. But the number of young people and Latinos in the state have grown rapidly, demographics that tend to lean Democratic, and that’s a trend the party believes will continue to push Texas toward it.

TANGENT

This has already been a historic year for Democrats in Texas. At its June convention, the Texas Democratic Party raised more money over the course of a few days than it had ever collected in a single month. In July, Texas set a record for turnout in a Democratic runoff, where Hegar won the nomination and the right to take on Cornyn in November. The turnout more than doubled the number of voters who participated in the 2018 gubernatorial runoff.

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