Good morning!
The much-hyped blue wave has crashed against the red wall of reality. Thoughts of the Democrats taking Texas were last night revealed to be pipe dreams.
Here is the after-election, sleep-deprived Texas Minute.
– Michael Quinn Sullivan
Wednesday, November 4, 2020
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Let’s start at the top: Donald Trump won Texas!
Fun fact: South Texas’ Zapata County, which hasn’t voted Republican in a century, went for President Trump by 2,032 to 1,820.
Meanwhile, John Cornyn retained a seat in the U.S. Senate.
For what it’s worth... M.J. Hegar lost a bid for the U.S. House in 2018, and has now lost a bid for the U.S. Senate this year, so she will no doubt be the Democrats’ gubernatorial candidate in 2022.
The partisan makeup of Texas’ congressional delegation remains unchanged. The Democrats made a big push to unseat U.S. Rep. Chip Roy, putting national money behind Wendy Davis. Despite being in a “swing” seat, Chip Roy has nonetheless voted in Congress as a strong conservative. Voters clearly respected his stance and Roy earned re-election. Republicans lost a seat in the Texas Senate, though not unexpectedly. Pete Flores won in a special election runoff ahead of the 2019 legislative session in what is a Democrat-leaning district.
Despite Flores’ loss last night, the Texas Senate is at 18 GOP to 13 DEM. The Texas House has remained firmly in GOP hands. As I type this just before 2 a.m., only one incumbent Republican member of the Texas House has officially lost: State Rep. Sarah Davis of Houston.
It would be fair to have put quotes around Republican; there isn’t a conservative position she hasn’t fought against. She is a social and fiscal liberal, ranking below some Democrats on key conservative ratings. She even caucused with the Democrats at various times during the legislative session!
Meanwhile, Republican Mike Schofield defeated an incumbent Democrat in Houston. He campaigned as a conservative, and won. Similarly, Republican Lacey Hull defeated a Democrat to keep an open GOP-held seat that many observers had written off. She also campaigned as a conservative, and won.
The lesson from Harris County is this: when Republicans act like Democrats, voters will eventually vote for the Democrats. In the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex... The incumbent state representatives in Dallas, Collin, Tarrant, and Denton counties kept their seats, and no open seats flipped parties.
State Rep Tony Tinderholt (R-Arlington) was one of the Democrats’ top targets, yet he cruised to re-election. Summing it up: Texans expect Republicans to act like Republicans, not – as Sarah Davis has done – like Democrats. Tony Tinderholt and Chip Roy prove Republicans can vote as solid conservatives even if in a “swing” seat. Number of the Day
68
Number of days until the start of the 87th Session of the Texas Legislature on Jan. 12, 2021.
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“I will never forsake Texas or her cause. I am her son.”
– José Antonio Navarro
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