I was surprised by two races: Joe Jaworsky's and Chris Turner's. Jaworsky may have comedown to name and name recognition, and he should not have gone negative. Chris was a surprise. No one works as hard for his constituents as Chris. Chris may have been scene as establishment positioned against his younger opponent, but where the rubber meets the road Chris is progressive. A strong advocate for justice and a person of unimpeachable integrity, district 101 lost a champion.
I saw the same in 101. But the district was hungry for a new generation. Junior is going to still serve well, I believe, and has a bright future ahead of him. Maybe we’ll see Chris somewhere again later.
You and I have talked about the CD 33 race. Irving made it pretty clear want Collin. Zeeshan didn’t even win his own precinct, and I need him for city council. Irving went overwhelmingly Jasmine as well. So I consider Irving part of the Pissed Off Coalition of Dallas County that sent Creuzot and Hector Garza packing. I will be putting an article out tomorrow on this new coalition but if you listen to any of the Substack lives I have been on with extremely progressive outlets, you are gonna barely recognize the Liza you know. The blood bath that was Dallas is now coursing through my veins and I am so pissed off at the establishment you can’t even imagine. When Tarrant County turns blue, you too will see how Democratic consultants are so much worse than West Texas Billionaires. I fight Republicans and the new Pissed Off Coalition that represents the female democratic electorate of Dallas County is a mean girl bitch that has no more fucks to give. That is going to make HD100 really interesting. Cause you want to know what happened in HD100? Venton is a man. A gay man, but still a man. And this new Pissed Off Coalition is not going to vote for you if you are a man because we are sick and fucking tired of fucking men running this county and this state and this country. So why didn’t Julie win? Well cause we know her and we know Collin and Collin took J Street money not AIPAC and Julie is making money off this war that is killing children. I can’t speak for the rest of the county on CD 33, but district looks really different. We have the county clerk runoff and a few judge races (between women) that may bring this coalition back out. Julie has a great ground game, but there are a lot of black women in that district who are going to make sure Collin goes back to Washington, now that Jasmine won’t. But this same coalition may cost Venton his seat. It is definitely the reason he didn’t win it outright.
I still cant believe that Zeeshan wasn t even able to make a dent into the district let alone win this precient. I do not wish to sound rude but this is not an indication of him as a candidate but an incredibly i am sorry to say ineffective and mediocre. I had the pleasure of doing a Q & A with Zeeshan and one of the thing i asked him specfically is considering CD33 is a low turnout district. What was the field operation plan he had to make a path to victory within the district boundaries? And unfortunately i got crickets from Zeeshan. Zeeshan simply said we have a website to volunteer and would encourage folks to sign up to canvass but i did not get any description or field operation plan for him to win the district. It was really disappointing to see.
It isn’t a reflection on him at all. But as the democratic organizer in Irving, I had never met him except we knocked on his door in the May election. He just didn’t have name recognition with the voting electorate. This thing takes time. He is a great candidate and I really hope he stays involved in the local level.
I see. that is good info to know Liza. I hope for the best honestly as i truly believe Populist candidates are the way to go. Centrist, business minded dem candidates are not just viable candidates anymore to progress further. Texas is not a state that have to tolerate conserv like dems or centrists. We need economic populism everyone especially Texas.
“It’s no secret that Jaworski went negative in his campaign against Johnson, and I wonder if Democratic voters didn’t care. Or if it even reached them at all.”
OR … 75% of the voters went for someone who was NOT focusing on his opponent, but rather on what they would do when elected, what they bring to the office as far as experience and qualification.
The negative campaigning only goes so far. (See campaigning against trump. 😒)
TX18 constituent here! I know I’m a little late to this post but I just want to say- I’ve cast a ballot for Menefee 3 times since early voting in October and will do so again for this runoff 😅 Green’s career and dedication cannot be overstated, but I do agree he could have gracefully bowed out rather than come over to our district. Last summer when the big ugly bill was being pushed through and we were being told “call your representatives” it was painful for TX18 because we had no one to call and I refuse to go through that again.
One of the candidates in the runoff that you mentioned above has called for the resignation of the Texas Democratic Party Chair, the Dallas County Party Chair, the Henderson County Party Chair, and Senator Royce West. Perhaps you should look into that before you endorse one of them for the runoff.
1. Nathan was my choice from the beginning because of his day-to-day experiences in Austin and well I just know him better. I did NOT like Jaworski 's negativism.
2. Very surprised and chagrined by Chris Turner 's loss. Might have been UTA influence but we lost a great voice in Austin
3. Worked for Ruth Torres last term because she needed help but did not always take advice, operated more by herself. Chose Chelsey because very opposite, takes advice and is super organized, plus good to know. Then Ruth has been in different states off & on. When I asked about coming out for an appearance she said well you are not in my district when clearly I am. Michelle you say Ruth has been working hard, when did you see that. Has she knocked doors, has she done appearances, has she even sent anything out to what would be her voters????! Did she build up the others for other offices in overlapping districts as Chelsey has. Just my take.
1. Do you think it would have been better for him to highlight his accomplishments or his ideas? 2. Yeah. I'm sad too, but I think Junior will do good. 3. The votes came in pretty even, and the current political atmosphere is tense.
I lost this for a couple of days but yes, Jaworski should have emphasized how he would govern differently from Ken Paxton. Overall, I see his personality as not being suited to the AG office either. As to the CD race, I sincerely wanted to know if anyone saw Torres actually campaigning. I was not sure why she ran again.
TX35 WTH! Who is Maureen Galindo?
HD125 Adrian Reyna (Teacher) I feel would be a great candidate. If you live in this area. Please help him.
Those two affect me the most. I live in TX35! We need to work hard! 😓
I was surprised by two races: Joe Jaworsky's and Chris Turner's. Jaworsky may have comedown to name and name recognition, and he should not have gone negative. Chris was a surprise. No one works as hard for his constituents as Chris. Chris may have been scene as establishment positioned against his younger opponent, but where the rubber meets the road Chris is progressive. A strong advocate for justice and a person of unimpeachable integrity, district 101 lost a champion.
I saw the same in 101. But the district was hungry for a new generation. Junior is going to still serve well, I believe, and has a bright future ahead of him. Maybe we’ll see Chris somewhere again later.
Junior is a popular city council member with local visibility. Chris perhaps overstayed in the lege. Congress would be a better fit.
You and I have talked about the CD 33 race. Irving made it pretty clear want Collin. Zeeshan didn’t even win his own precinct, and I need him for city council. Irving went overwhelmingly Jasmine as well. So I consider Irving part of the Pissed Off Coalition of Dallas County that sent Creuzot and Hector Garza packing. I will be putting an article out tomorrow on this new coalition but if you listen to any of the Substack lives I have been on with extremely progressive outlets, you are gonna barely recognize the Liza you know. The blood bath that was Dallas is now coursing through my veins and I am so pissed off at the establishment you can’t even imagine. When Tarrant County turns blue, you too will see how Democratic consultants are so much worse than West Texas Billionaires. I fight Republicans and the new Pissed Off Coalition that represents the female democratic electorate of Dallas County is a mean girl bitch that has no more fucks to give. That is going to make HD100 really interesting. Cause you want to know what happened in HD100? Venton is a man. A gay man, but still a man. And this new Pissed Off Coalition is not going to vote for you if you are a man because we are sick and fucking tired of fucking men running this county and this state and this country. So why didn’t Julie win? Well cause we know her and we know Collin and Collin took J Street money not AIPAC and Julie is making money off this war that is killing children. I can’t speak for the rest of the county on CD 33, but district looks really different. We have the county clerk runoff and a few judge races (between women) that may bring this coalition back out. Julie has a great ground game, but there are a lot of black women in that district who are going to make sure Collin goes back to Washington, now that Jasmine won’t. But this same coalition may cost Venton his seat. It is definitely the reason he didn’t win it outright.
I still cant believe that Zeeshan wasn t even able to make a dent into the district let alone win this precient. I do not wish to sound rude but this is not an indication of him as a candidate but an incredibly i am sorry to say ineffective and mediocre. I had the pleasure of doing a Q & A with Zeeshan and one of the thing i asked him specfically is considering CD33 is a low turnout district. What was the field operation plan he had to make a path to victory within the district boundaries? And unfortunately i got crickets from Zeeshan. Zeeshan simply said we have a website to volunteer and would encourage folks to sign up to canvass but i did not get any description or field operation plan for him to win the district. It was really disappointing to see.
It isn’t a reflection on him at all. But as the democratic organizer in Irving, I had never met him except we knocked on his door in the May election. He just didn’t have name recognition with the voting electorate. This thing takes time. He is a great candidate and I really hope he stays involved in the local level.
I see. that is good info to know Liza. I hope for the best honestly as i truly believe Populist candidates are the way to go. Centrist, business minded dem candidates are not just viable candidates anymore to progress further. Texas is not a state that have to tolerate conserv like dems or centrists. We need economic populism everyone especially Texas.
“It’s no secret that Jaworski went negative in his campaign against Johnson, and I wonder if Democratic voters didn’t care. Or if it even reached them at all.”
OR … 75% of the voters went for someone who was NOT focusing on his opponent, but rather on what they would do when elected, what they bring to the office as far as experience and qualification.
The negative campaigning only goes so far. (See campaigning against trump. 😒)
TX18 constituent here! I know I’m a little late to this post but I just want to say- I’ve cast a ballot for Menefee 3 times since early voting in October and will do so again for this runoff 😅 Green’s career and dedication cannot be overstated, but I do agree he could have gracefully bowed out rather than come over to our district. Last summer when the big ugly bill was being pushed through and we were being told “call your representatives” it was painful for TX18 because we had no one to call and I refuse to go through that again.
One of the candidates in the runoff that you mentioned above has called for the resignation of the Texas Democratic Party Chair, the Dallas County Party Chair, the Henderson County Party Chair, and Senator Royce West. Perhaps you should look into that before you endorse one of them for the runoff.
I already endorsed Chelsey Hockett. I will still be amicable to all the candidates.
Perfect!
Thoughts:
1. Nathan was my choice from the beginning because of his day-to-day experiences in Austin and well I just know him better. I did NOT like Jaworski 's negativism.
2. Very surprised and chagrined by Chris Turner 's loss. Might have been UTA influence but we lost a great voice in Austin
3. Worked for Ruth Torres last term because she needed help but did not always take advice, operated more by herself. Chose Chelsey because very opposite, takes advice and is super organized, plus good to know. Then Ruth has been in different states off & on. When I asked about coming out for an appearance she said well you are not in my district when clearly I am. Michelle you say Ruth has been working hard, when did you see that. Has she knocked doors, has she done appearances, has she even sent anything out to what would be her voters????! Did she build up the others for other offices in overlapping districts as Chelsey has. Just my take.
1. Do you think it would have been better for him to highlight his accomplishments or his ideas? 2. Yeah. I'm sad too, but I think Junior will do good. 3. The votes came in pretty even, and the current political atmosphere is tense.
I lost this for a couple of days but yes, Jaworski should have emphasized how he would govern differently from Ken Paxton. Overall, I see his personality as not being suited to the AG office either. As to the CD race, I sincerely wanted to know if anyone saw Torres actually campaigning. I was not sure why she ran again.
Thank you, Michelle. Shared on bsky. Tomorrow's another day...