AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Democrats in deep-red Texas turned out Tuesday in the largest numbers in more than two decades for a midterm primary election, propelling women candidates toward challenges to entrenched male Republicans in Congress and venting their anger at President Donald Trump in the first state primary of 2018.
The biggest question was whether Texas is just the start of what’s to come nationwide. Energized Texas Democrats showed up despite the long odds this November of ousting Republicans such as U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz — who released a radio ad after clinching the GOP nomination Tuesday night, telling voters that Democratic opponent Beto O’Rourke “wants to take our guns.”
O’Rourke, a congressman from El Paso, has called for banning AR-15-style assault rifles in wake of last month’s mass shooting at a Florida high school that killed 17 people.
https://apnews.com/618e93382dd24b098...men-candidates
Well it looks like democrat voters are finally laying down their playstation controllers, getting off their butts and voting for a change which is interesting since Texas is a major red state when it comes to politics. It would also appear that they are focused on what they want to achieve in the upcoming election.
It's nice to see people participating in the process as opposed to sitting around claiming how bad things are but yet failing to vote in the elections. Of course the republicans will be sure to get out the vote as well since a number of their people are being challenged such as Sen. Ted Cruz whose term is up. Looks like it'll be an interesting year in the elections.
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