Who wants to take TEXAS next?

[Dem_4_Life]

Beto O'Rourke is running against Ted Cruz and there are a TON of volunteer opportunities you can do to help flip this vote via the comfort of your own computer.

Any DUer's that can donate or volunteer your time to help flip this seat and kick out Ted Cruz would be a huge help.

https://betofortexas.com/
https://secure.betofortexas.com/page/s/volunteer
data entry team: https://secure.betofortexas.com/page/s/enter-data
texting team: https://secure.betofortexas.com/page/s/text-for-beto

https://betofortexas.com/beto-live/

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

1. Count me in! When is Ted Cruz up? Would love to see him lose his seat!

[mountain grammy]

2. 2018

I’m in.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

3. Oh goody! Would like to think we got a chance.

[Dem_4_Life]

4. 2018 and he has a HIGH disapproval rate in this state

WE GOT THIS!!!

Thanks.

[hurl]

5. Sign me up

Already donated and will continue. We aren't so much a red state as a non-voting state. Because the authoritarian GOPers always show up every election, they win disproportionately. GOTV is by FAR the most important thing we can do apart from fielding quality candidates like Beto.

I was demoralized by Wendy Davis' huge defeat, even among women voters, but I sense new energy among Democrats. My local Democratic party (in a very red and largely rural county) is very close to having candidates for every contested county race in 2018, the first time in years.

I'm not under any illusion that Texas will suddenly become blue, but we are starting to get traction we haven't seen in a LONG time around here.

[Dem_4_Life]

32. That is fantastic!!!

Wohoo!!! That's so exciting!!!

[DFW]

6. Oh, only about three million of us who vote in Texas, that's all

Cruz probably thinks he's got nothing to worry about. Just like Roy Moore did.

Sing along: Ted Cruz, we don't buy you (to the tune of Blue Bayou):

[Dem_4_Life]

33. Let's hope he continues to think he's got nothing to worry about!

[gratuitous]

7. Another top-notch candidate

Like Doug Jones in Alabama, Beto O'Rourke is a fine public servant with a record of good work for his constituents. I suppose Ted Cruz will dismiss O'Rourke for attending one of the lesser Ivies (Columbia), but O'Rourke can kick Cruz's ass all the way up the Red River and down the Rio Grande.

This is not a seat the Republicans thought they'd have to defend back in 2016, but it looks like they're going to have to sink some resources into it if they want to hold it in 2018. Texas is a far larger and more expensive media market than Alabama, and O'Rourke is going to need some scratch. Send him $10 if it's in your budget.

[DavidDvorkin]

8. Texas should be ripe to switch

Or so I keep thinking, based on demographics and urbanization.

[Gothmog]

9. A number of us have been working to turn Texas blue

[murielm99]

15. So is Beto viable?

What do you think of his chances? His resume?

[Gothmog]

20. I have met Beto both at the National Convention and at two different meet and greets

He is a nice guy. Beto is not taking super pac money but some of the major Democratic fundraisers are getting behind him and that could help. I have been invited to a couple of high dollar fundraisers for him but have not yet committed to him. Texas is an expensive state to run in and Beto will need to raise some real money to be viable.

Carnival Cruz is really disliked by a good number of voters including many republicans. If this is a wave year, Beto may be viable.

[awesomerwb1]

10. Go Beto!!

[uponit7771]

11. Dallas Metro has 4 large counties 3 of them vote GOP. DNC should treat Texas metros like swing votes

[raven mad]

12. If I can help from here, I certainly will!

And my help counts double because we're twice the size of the beautiful Lone Star State (I swear, if it wasn't for Texans, half of Alaska would disappear)!

[Dem_4_Life]

34. Thanks so much we can definitely use the help!

[L. Coyote]

13. Someone delivered a very large box of Depends to Ted late last night.

I shit you not.

[Dem_4_Life]

35. LOL

[TexasBushwhacker]

14. Sweet! I've been waiting to volunteer n/t

[Dem_4_Life]

36. His organizers are really great.

You can even make calls from your computer too!!!

[IronLionZion]

16. Hell yeah!

Texas's demographics are even more favorable for us than Alabama. We need to fire up our base and earn their votes so they turn out big for Beto. Cruz has enemies within his own party.

Think of the tremendous diversity in Texas. We can do this.

[Dem_4_Life]

37. Exactly!!!

A lot of Cruz hate in Texas lol

[trof]

17. OK, he is one HANDSOME dude.

Which 'shouldn't' matter, but we all know it does.
How do you pronounce 'Beto'.?

[hurl]

19. He pronounces it just the way it looks

'Bet' with a short e and o on the end. At least that's how he pronounces it on his town hall videos.

[trof]

21. OK, like 'bet' on a horse.

Is it a nickname?
Just curious.

[hurl]

25. According to the mighty Wiki...

His given name is Robert Francis O'Rourke. "He adopted the nickname of "Beto" (from Spanish "Roberto" )"

[trof]

30. facepalm

duh
Why didn't I think of wiki?
Chalk it up to old age.
Thanks.

[whathehell]

22. I didn't want to be the first to say it, but..

Yes -- very easy on the eyes!

.Reminds me of the young Bobby Kennedy.

[Ken Burch]

26. He looks like Bobby Kennedy.

Not only that...his real first and middle names are "Robert Francis".

First time I saw a photo of him, that totally freaked me out.

[whathehell]

28. He does!

I saw it right away..Very good looking guy.

[Dem_4_Life]

38. Yes he is very easy on the eyes

Just an added bonus haha

[treestar]

18. OK!!!!

Sounds like a plan.

[eleny]

23. He does have vulnerabilities

I heard about this earlier this afternoon on the radio.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10029978892

I'm with you and will contribute. Bookmarking this thread.

[ffr]

24. Registration and turnout. That's all it takes

Sounds easy, but for disaffected voters, it can be like forcing a horse to drink water.

Kudos a'plenty to the Alabama volunteers who got the vote out yesterday!

[Initech]

27. Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me!

We need to start kicking a lot of these assholes to the curb! It's the patriotic thing to do!

[Dem_4_Life]

39. Thank you x a million!!!

[crazycatlady]

29. I don't live anywhere near Texas and can't contribute

But I'll kick this thread for more visibility.

If we can win Alabama then we can win Texas.

[Gothmog]

31. There's A Democrat Running For Every Texas Congressional Seat Next Year

This makes me smile http://kut.org/post/theres-democrat-running-every-texas-congressional-seat-next-year

In deep-red Texas, Republicans will have to fight for every congressional seat in next year's midterm elections. For the first time in 25 years, Democrats are running in all of Texas’ 36 congressional districts, according to documents filed with the Texas Secretary of State’s office.

Mark Jones, political science fellow at Rice University’s Baker Institute, says those filings set a record for the number of Democratic challengers in an era of Republican dominance, and are a departure from 2016 – when eight Republican-held congressional seats went uncontested by Democrats.

“We are seeing a groundswell of unusually high support and mobilization among progressive Democrats who are really angered by the Trump administration,” Jones said.

But, Democrats aren’t just gunning for congressional seats. According to preliminary numbers from the Texas Democratic Party, Democrats are running in 89 percent of the seats in the Texas House and 88 percent of the seats in the Texas Senate. Both are the highest percentages the party has mustered since at least 1992.

There have been cycles where a number of congressional seats and large percentage of Texas state house seats were not contested.

[murielm99]

42. +100000

We are seeing a large number of congressional candidates filing in Illinois, too. They are running in rural red districts where there is often no candidate. Even if we do not win everything, we will make those repiggies fight for their seats.

Local boards are being flipped, too. Democrats are winning where they have never won before. We are getting precinct committeemen in places where there have been vacancies always, in at least three counties that I know of.

We can't forget. GOTV.

[Wounded Bear]

45. Great news!

GO TEXAS!!!

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[Persondem]

40. Looks like Battleground Texas is still working hard along these lines

https://www.battlegroundtexas.com/

[Dem_4_Life]

41. Thanks for sharing!!!

Yay that's amazing and super exciting!

[Wednesdays]

43. You're not the only one speculating!

"Could Texas Have an Alabama-Style Senate Upset in 2018?"
https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/politics/Could-Texas-Have-an-Alabama-Style-Senate-Upset-in-2018-463998043.html

And on edit: how about this for irony?

"Ted Cruz Warns of a Watergate-Style Blowout in 2018"
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ted-cruz-warns-of-a-watergate-style-blowout-in-2018/

[UCmeNdc]

44. I do! I do!

[brooklynite]

46. I wouldn't describe this as NEXT...this race is just a part of the regular Fall election

So Special: 4 More Special Elections On the Way, So Far