Hey, John — it's Chris.
I'm writing you from the back seat of the truck as Beto continues our 49-day drive to over 75 communities across Texas. We kicked off this Drive for Texas in El Paso on Tuesday night, and the response so far has been incredible.
In a minute, I'm going to explain more about our Drive for Texas. But funding this many events across Texas takes a huge amount of resources, so I have to ask: If you're able, will you pitch in any amount now to help us fund over 5,600 miles of travel to reach voters throughout this state?
Conventional wisdom says political candidates shouldn't go to areas that traditionally vote for the other party. That's why Beto’s campaign is different — we're going everywhere and talking to everyone.
Take Thursday for example: We started the day knocking on doors in Snyder — a historically Republican stronghold with a population of just over 11,200. As we talked with voters at their doors, we kept hearing about the importance of quality education, accessible health care, and new jobs.
After block walking, we headed to the County Library for a town-hall discussion with Democrats, Republicans, and Independents alike — many of whom said they've never seen a political candidate come to Snyder before.
We finished off the day with a thousand people in Lubbock — the biggest crowd we've seen there since launching this campaign! Beto took time to hear voters' concerns and shared his plan to deliver for rural Texas.
The communities we're going to on this drive have been taken for granted by Greg Abbott for too long, but Beto is showing up for every single one of them. If we keep this up, Abbott's going to be in for a real surprise on election night when we do better in rural Texas than any Democrat has done in decades.
But whether or not we overtake Abbott all depends on having the resources to build the largest organizing program Texas has ever seen before.
Thanks for being a part of this,
Chris Evans
Communications Director, Beto for Texas
