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CapnSteve

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2. Here in Texas....

Reply to Pototan (Original post)

Tue May 12, 2026, 05:05 PM

May 12

...redistricting gained them 5 seats, while putting 12 seats from "safely red" to "tossup"

This was before the Trump War and deportations shifting the hispanic vote back into the dem column.

Texas will turn blue this cycle.

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A 50-foot wall can't stop a 200-foot wave [View all] Pototan May 12 OP

What till gas goes up again and we have shortages. BradBo May 12 #1

Here in Texas.... CapnSteve May 12 #2

I think you could be right... I'm cautiously optimistic ... Trueblue Texan May 12 #5

We must be cautious 3825-87867 May 12 #3

right...just get out and do the work. Trueblue Texan May 12 #6

Agreed. But we must act as if this will be a very close election, and pull out all the stops. If we lose the House in Fil1957 May 12 #4