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Texas Republicans will hold a key suburban seat in the state House after their candidate cruised to a surprisingly easy win in the Houston area on Tuesday.

Gary Gates, a businessman who spent nearly $2 million on his own campaign, scored 58 percent of the vote in the runoff election to outpace Eliz Markowitz, a Democrat and an education expert making her second run for office.

Democrats had spent heavily on Markowitz's behalf in a district that seemed to be trending their way. Groups like Forward Majority and the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee invested more than $600,000 in her campaign, a startling amount for an election in which the winner would not even get to serve in Austin before the next election in November.

 

Democrats privately admitted that the election became more about O'Rourke, who ended his presidential bid in November, than about Markowitz or Gates. O'Rourke's presence was ubiquitous, pushing Republican voters to the polls.

Republicans ran four advertisements linking Markowitz to hot-button issues like gun control, church tax exemptions, immigration and to O'Rourke's vote against Hurricane Harvey tax relief in Congress, issues aimed at getting base voters to the polls in what would otherwise be a sleepy special election.

 

https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/480434-republican-wins-texas-special-election

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9 hours ago, 90DayFinancier said:

Shocked that a republican could win in Texas suburbs.

Way to downplay it.  Hillary won that district in 2016, and the Leftist media was calling this a bell weather election for November.  I guess the voters cannot be trusted like Adam Schiff said.

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37 minutes ago, Bill & Katya said:

Way to downplay it.  Hillary won that district in 2016, and the Leftist media was calling this a bell weather election for November.  I guess the voters cannot be trusted like Adam Schiff said.

From the article:

"Democrats had hoped to deliver a message that Texas is in play in the presidential election, thanks to its rapidly changing suburbs. President Trump won the suburban Fort Bend district by 10 points, and Sen. Ted Cruz (R) won there in 2018 by just 3 points. Former Rep. Beto O'Rourke (D) and several presidential candidates campaigned with Markowitz."

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On ‎1‎/‎29‎/‎2020 at 11:30 AM, Bill & Katya said:

Where is Tbone when we need him?

"Here I come to save the day!" -- Mighty Monkey

On ‎1‎/‎29‎/‎2020 at 11:30 AM, Bill & Katya said:

more about O'Rourke

More?  OK:  Bee-to, Bee-to [dumb bum dumb bum]

6 hours ago, 90DayFinancier said:

Beto O'Rourke (Dumb bum dumb bum)

See above, see man

6 hours ago, 90DayFinancier said:

suburban Fort Bend district

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