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Dear John,

Another surprise victory in Tarrant County!

You may know that Tarrant, home to Fort Worth and Arlington, is often
called “the last reliably Red urban county in America.”

That may have been the case years ago, but today Tarrant is both a
battleground and a bellwether for the rest of the state.

I became the first Democrat in decades to win it in 2018, and since then
it has see-sawed between the parties.

Afraid of permanently losing power, Tarrant Republicans have used their
control of the County Commissioners Court to try to reduce Democratic
voting power.

First, they gerrymandered County Commissioner Alisa Simmons out of her
district last year, hoping to silence her voice and the votes of her
constituents.

Then, when Simmons fought back by running for County Judge, Republicans
proposed to close nearly half of all voting locations in this county of
more than two million people. You can probably guess that a significant
number of those proposed closures were in Black and Hispanic
neighborhoods.

Well, last Tuesday, during the Commissioners Court meeting that was set to
ratify the polling place closures, Alisa’s leadership inspired so many
Tarrant County residents to come out in protest that the Republican
majority on the Court were shamed into retreat.

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They voted to postpone the issue to their September meeting, where we hope
it will be put to rest once and for all. 

[ [link removed] ]Tarrant County commissioners table vote on cutting polling sites after
packed, contentious hearing

This is a critically important victory for democracy and for Democrats in
what I consider to be one of the most important counties in the state.

It’s another shocker on top of Taylor Rehmet’s stunning victory in a
special election in Tarrant earlier this year, where he defeated the
Republican candidate for State Senate by 14 points — the same district
that Donald Trump won in 2024 by 17 points!

[ [link removed] ]Democrat Taylor Rehmet wins a reliably Republican Texas state Senate
seat, stunning GOP

And to put a cherry on it, James Talarico just held a rally in Tarrant
where more than 1,300 people came out to cheer him on in this “reliably
Red county.”

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Something exciting is happening in Texas.

It’s thanks to great leaders like Alisa, Taylor and James. And it’s thanks
to amazing Texans like our Powered by People volunteers who helped power
Taylor’s victory in January… are out there right now registering new
Democratic voters in Tarrant to ensure Alisa is the next County Judge… and
volunteering to make sure every person at James’ rallies is registered and
ready to vote.

[ [link removed] ]Please help us build on these exciting victories by donating today.
Your support gives our team the resources we need to make the most of this
moment!



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Thank you,

Beto




 


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