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tim koss's avatar

Again Fort Worth and Tarrant County issues, so apologies...but our inumbent sitting State Senator ended her race in April 2022.....so we didn't even have time to get it together to find someone else .

My State Rep candidate didn't have a phone number , a website or a yard sign.

I live in a neighborhood where Beto's signs beat Cruz by 3-1 and Biden signs beat Tump 2-1. In 2020 I had the only Dem Congressman and the only Dem County Judge yard sign in my zip code. That is ONE residence in entirity of the 76109. same for the Mayor's race last May when my sitting MAGA city councilman ran UNOPPOSED. Both he and the incumbent Mayor let everone know they were Republican MAGA and Maga-lite candidates. Hear me when i tell u this...THERE WAS NO POINT IN VOTING IN MAY'S CITY COUNCIL ELECTION. There was no point in driving the 2 blocks to go vote. There was no name on the ballot to vote for.

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Greg Hughes's avatar

This is a message that needs to be adopted and acted on by the Texas Democratic Party. Only at a state level is there the kind of reach and insight into all the red districts. And the party needs to have something to offer potential candidates in those areas. Recruitment needs to come with training and some fundraising help, all in coordination with the local (county) party.

In 2020 the Georgia Democratic Party had a program to contest every state representative and every state senate race. They beat the bushes to find people and then got them some help. My son ran in a bright red district with no real expectation of winning, but he made appearances and undoubtedly had some impact on who voted. And what was the result? Biden won Georgia by 11,780 votes.

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