One year ago today, we launched our campaign for United States Senate in Texas.
Truth be told, when I woke up that morning I had no idea what to expect.
There were a number of people who had encouraged me to run. My interview with Joe Rogan got a lot of attention, and even President Obama had some kind words to say about me during the Texas redistricting fight.
But the biggest question in my mind was whether or not we could build the grassroots movement capable of not just taking on the Republican nominee but also the billionaire mega-donors in this country who have rigged our politics and pitted neighbor against neighbor for their own profit.
I soon got an answer to my question.
Twelve hours after announcing the launch of our campaign, we held a rally in Round Rock, Texas. I was reviewing my speech as we drove up and got a bit worried about arriving on time as we got stuck in traffic.
Turns out the traffic was from everyone else trying to get to our event…
More than 1,000 people showed up that night. And at that rally, I announced that we had raised our first $1 million — within the first 12 hours of launching — powered by people contributing $5, $10, $50 at a time to our campaign.
One year later we are building the largest grassroots campaign Texas has ever seen and have a chance to win a race few thought was possible coming into this election.
That's the good news.
The bad news is that Republicans understand the strength of our campaign. So much so that they chose Texas as the place to hold their midterm convention starting tonight.
It's going to be two days of speeches, events, and a lot of volunteer mobilization and fundraising for them — with much of it likely directed towards Ken Paxton.
That's something we have to counter if we are going to hold on to the very slim lead we’ve fought so hard for.
So before tonight's Republican convention begins, I am asking, humbly:
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Thank you,
James Talarico
Paid for by Talarico for Texas
Talarico for Texas
PO Box 14508
Austin, TX 78761
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