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Horse with no Name

(33,956 posts)
Thu Nov 8, 2018, 12:39 AM Nov 2018

Beto didn't win but he had some mighty coattails...we are going Blue


Texas Democrats flipped 2 U.S. House Districts with the election of Lizzie Fletcher and Colin Allred -- with 1 race too close to call.
Texas Democrats made history by sending the first two Latinas to Congress with the election of Sylvia Garcia and Veronica Escobar.
Texas Democrats flipped 2 seats in the Texas Senate.
Texas Democrats picked up 12 seats in the Texas House -- with 3 races that are too close to call.
Texas Democrats swept Bexar, Fort Bend, and Harris, while holding Democratic strongholds along the Rio Grande Valley, and in El Paso, Dallas, and Travis counties.
Texas Democrats made huge gains in suburban Tarrant, Hays and Williamson Counties.
Texas Democrats flipped the DA races in Fort Bend, Bexar, and Dallas Counties.
Texas Democrats swept the 1st, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 13th, and 14th Court of Appeals. We flipped the 3rd and 14th Courts. Ushering a new era of fairness and justice in Texas.

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Beto didn't win but he had some mighty coattails...we are going Blue (Original Post) Horse with no Name Nov 2018 OP
Booker / Beto 2020! manor321 Nov 2018 #1
Sounds downright poetic ... count me in! n/t libdem4life Nov 2018 #2
All 61 Harris County (Houston) Judges Races Were Won by Democrats! dlk Nov 2018 #3
+1 dalton99a Nov 2018 #5
Same in Bexar!!! Woo-hoo!!! LeftInTX Nov 2018 #13
Biden/Beto? TheRealNorth Nov 2018 #4
We aren't going blue vercetti2021 Nov 2018 #6
Yes we are Horse with no Name Nov 2018 #10
Well I hope they have a plan to keep people enthused vercetti2021 Nov 2018 #11
It was a massive victory for Beto in urban areas: dalton99a Nov 2018 #7
He did great Yosemito Nov 2018 #8
Makes one wonder about the reported flip votes from Beto to Cruz. Wintryjade Nov 2018 #9
It does Horse with no Name Nov 2018 #12
nice Demovictory9 Nov 2018 #14

vercetti2021

(10,156 posts)
6. We aren't going blue
Thu Nov 8, 2018, 01:06 AM
Nov 2018

Sadly it'll go back go status quo without Beto's enthusiasm. People will go back to non voter status because they'll be less enthused to vote for someone without that kind of charismatic charm.

Horse with no Name

(33,956 posts)
10. Yes we are
Thu Nov 8, 2018, 01:18 AM
Nov 2018

Last night in Dallas county, every single seat went blue. Every single Judge in Dallas county is a Democrat. The DA is a Democrat who I heard with my own ears pledge to restore fairness.
The changing demographics.
Some of those old racist fuckers will die to be replaced by incoming professionals for the jobs that are here.
I don’t buy the negativity.
Texas Democrats are on fire and we are not backing down.

vercetti2021

(10,156 posts)
11. Well I hope they have a plan to keep people enthused
Thu Nov 8, 2018, 01:21 AM
Nov 2018

We need thousands to either start. But we need someone to carry that message. Idk I'm skeptical.

Horse with no Name

(33,956 posts)
12. It does
Thu Nov 8, 2018, 01:27 AM
Nov 2018

If I had the ability, I’d look at the votes in montgomerybcounty and some of the outlying areas as to their validity.
If they cheated, it isn’t going to be in the larger areas.

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