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Related: About this forumTexas GOP races to shore up the suburbs for 2020
Texas will turn blue. There are a large number of real democrats working hard to turn Texas blue. The major cities have been blue for a while and now the suburbs are flipping. This makes me smile https://www.politico.com/story/2019/03/03/texas-gop-races-2020-1202205
House Republicans like Olson, who defeated Democrat Sri Preston Kulkarni by fewer than 14,000 votes in a fast-changing slice of the Houston suburbs last year, say they have gotten the message too. Campaigns are mirroring the state partys early staffing,
We plan on it being more a retail race, said Melissa Kelly, Olsons chief of staff, who added that Olson plans on being even more active in the diversifying community, attending events like Chinese New Year and Cinco de Mayo celebrations.
Hes definitely preparing for it to be a more challenging environment, Kelly said.
Olsons race is one of six congressional races in Texas that the national Democrats already are targeting in 2020. With the exception of Hurds district, which takes in a massive swath of West Texas along the Mexican border, all are contained in fast-growing, rapidly diversifying suburban districts outside cities like Austin, Houston, San Antonio and Fort Worth.
We plan on it being more a retail race, said Melissa Kelly, Olsons chief of staff, who added that Olson plans on being even more active in the diversifying community, attending events like Chinese New Year and Cinco de Mayo celebrations.
Hes definitely preparing for it to be a more challenging environment, Kelly said.
Olsons race is one of six congressional races in Texas that the national Democrats already are targeting in 2020. With the exception of Hurds district, which takes in a massive swath of West Texas along the Mexican border, all are contained in fast-growing, rapidly diversifying suburban districts outside cities like Austin, Houston, San Antonio and Fort Worth.
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Texas GOP races to shore up the suburbs for 2020 (Original Post)
Gothmog
Mar 2019
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WTF is a 'retail' race? Is that like 'optics' or 'paradigm?' Bullshit words?
CurtEastPoint
Mar 2019
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CurtEastPoint
(18,638 posts)1. WTF is a 'retail' race? Is that like 'optics' or 'paradigm?' Bullshit words?
hurl
(938 posts)2. Could be wrong, but I interpret 'retail' in this context
to mean the candidate has to spend more time persuing individual potential voters as opposed to only engaging interest groups and donor gatherings.
Because so many Texas eligible voters were too apathetic to participate, Republicans could pretty much ignore them. With a more engaged opposition, races are closer now, so individual voters become more important.
Gothmog
(145,086 posts)3. Texas is the biggest battleground state: