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Congressional Republicans from Texas aren't accustomed to close races: Only U.S. Rep. Will Hurd, R-Helotes, who represents a majority Latino district that runs from San Antonio to El Paso, has experienced strong Democratic challenges in the past two elections. Recent polls show a commanding advantage for Democrats in a generic congressional ballot and an edge for the party among likely voters who live in dozens of tightly contested House districts, most held by Republicans. Democrats must flip at least 23 Republican-held House seats to become the majority. Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Show us with your support. The state Supreme Court insured his inclusion after Wendy Davis tried unsuccessfully to have him removed from the ballot. Ross ratcheted up that contrast in a message to supporters Friday that said he has "lived 10,000 days of my life in this district fighting for our conservative values.

One of the better-known candidates, state appeals court Justice David Bridges, died last month after he was hit by a suspected drunken driver on Interstate 30 in Royse City.


"The overarching effect is Trump," said Kyle Kondik, managing editor of the website Sabato’s Crystal Ball at the University of Virginia's Center for Politics, who has marked the eight Texas races as competitive to varying degrees. • The 6th Congressional District in North Texas, represented by retiring U.S. Rep. Joe Barton of Ennis. READ: 3 Texas Democrats call for U.S. House investigation into Kavanaugh.

", Stivers said, "Sessions is running a clinic on how to run a good campaign." In an interview Thursday night, he acknowledged he is "getting thrown in the proverbial wood-chipper" as the race closes but noted "nobody attacks the guy perceived to be in 17th place.". U.S. Rep. John Ratcliffe, R-Heath, was first elected in 2014 to represent the staunchly conservative district, a largely rural swath of northeast Texas that spreads from the Dallas suburbs out to the Oklahoma, Arkansas and Louisiana state borders. On Saturday afternoon, roughly 150 local GOP officials will get together and decide who will likely become Texas' newest member of Congress representing the 4th Congressional District. He has successfully run for and held three offices over 11 years, including his current job, which he started less than two years ago.

I'm a movement conservative, and I'm always searching for my best and highest use.".

There is a batch of local elected officials, such as Rockwall City Councilman Trace Johannesen, Rockwall Mayor Jim Pruitt and Travis Ransom, the mayor of Atlanta — not Georgia — a city of less than 6,000 people near the Arkansas border. In another sign of the race's funkiness: A majority of the declared candidates have not even registered with the Federal Election Commission, which is required when they raise or spend $5,000. Fallon's state Senate district overlaps the northwest corner of the congressional district, and he said he lives a short distance outside of the congressional district, in Prosper. Ross has also leaned on his local roots in a field that includes more than a few outsiders, though there is no requirement that candidates live in the district to run for it. But it is not the only part, they said, and it may be overshadowed by the desire for someone aligned with the district's stout conservative values. The current Representative from the 21st district is Chip Roy. [13] Perennial candidate Arthur DiBianca is the Libertarian nominee,[14] but Roy joined a last-minute suit to strike his name and other similarly situated Libertarians from the ballot.

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President Donald Trump also factors into the Texas races, just as he looms over congressional battlegrounds from California to New York. by Patrick Svitek Fundraising, for example, would appear to matter less because the electorate is just 150-some people instead of thousands of voters districtwide who would require costly TV ads and mailers to reach en masse. Harris earned the endorsements this week of Grassroots America We the People and Young Conservatives of Texas, two hardline groups that are normally aligned with Cruz. Despite their endorsements, Ross, Fallon and Harris are far from the only contenders making a serious run for the appointment Saturday. Choose the plan that's right for you. "Suburban areas are more diverse, and there is a higher than average number of residents with college degrees," Kondik said. Democratic consultant Glenn Smith thinks the election is coming down to energized Democratic voters. [6], On the Republican side, 18 candidates competed in the March 6 primary, in which no one received a majority. With precinct chairs being bombarded for their support, one candidate, Johannesen, said he has worked hard to travel to potential backers, including one recently in a remote area who was impressed when he saw Johannesen's mud-covered truck make it up the unpaved road to his house in four-wheel drive.

Gooden represents the 5th Congressional District. ", "While candidates who have never lived a day of their life in this district tout endorsements from groups or people who have also never lived a day of their life in this district, OUR campaign is proud to continue to receive increasing support from INSIDE the Great 4th District of Texas," Ross wrote in the email. READ: Will Beto O’Rourke’s leap of faith lead him to victory? And there are at least two candidates who unsuccessfully ran for other U.S. House districts earlier this cycle, including Navy veterans TC Manning and Floyd McLendon. The CDEC election means some of the conventional measures of a campaign are not as relevant. McLendon, a retired Navy SEAL, was the runner-up in the March primary for the Dallas-based 32nd District, a national GOP target. Roy and McCall advanced to a May 22 runoff, which Roy won with 52.7% of the vote. January 3, 2019 Sen. Ted Cruz, Rep. Francis Rooney Introduce Constitutional Amendment Imposing Term Limits on Congress. Do I think the Democrats will do surprisingly well in Texas? All rights reserved. Rick Perry (R),[7] and Matt McCall, owner of a business providing human tissue for American military hospitals. Rick Perry (R), and Matt McCall, owner of a business providing human tissue for American military hospitals.
READ: Beto O’Rourke raises $38 million in third quarter. Fallon is not the only candidate claiming the mantle of conservative fighter. At a time when newsroom resources and revenue across the country are declining, The Texas Tribune remains committed to sustaining our mission: creating a more engaged and informed Texas with every story we cover, every event we convene and every newsletter we send. There's also Aaron Harris, the anti-voter-fraud activist and chief of staff to U.S. Rep. Lance Gooden in the neighboring 5th District. [9] No one received a majority in the March 6 primary,[10] so the top two finishers, Wilson and Kopser, advanced to a runoff on May 22. Aug. 7, 2020 As for the knock on his political drive, Fallon said he has "always finished every term I've ever had," and this would be the first exception to that. Since well before the March primaries, three GOP-held districts won by Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton in 2016 have drawn the most attention from both parties: • The 23rd Congressional District, which runs along 800 miles of the U.S.-Mexico border, represented by Hurd. Kopser flipped the primary result in the runoff against Wilson, winning the nomination with 58% of the vote. The first- and second-place finishers were, respectively, attorney Chip Roy, who served as chief of staff to Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) Hurd's race was moved by several analysts from "toss up" to "lean Republican.". As for the other competitive Texas congressional races, Angle said, "the common denominator is they are by urban and suburban areas," noting the influx of minority groups in Texas suburbs. "The qualities they're looking for is someone that thinks like Congressional District 4," said Stacy McMahan, an Upshur County precinct chair.

Ratcliffe was confirmed earlier this summer as director of national intelligence, paving the way for party officials in his deep-red district to replace him on the November ballot. U.S. © Gannett Co., Inc. 2020. Ransom argued in an interview that he is the only candidate with experience in the military, local elected office, the party, the privater sector and the Legislature. Surveys show Republicans leading in most of the Texas districts now considered competitive, but the expanded battleground map underscores the level of Democratic enthusiasm as Democratic congressional candidates hope to ride the coattails of U.S. Rep. Beto O'Rourke, the El Paso Democrat raising record campaign cash and drawing huge crowds in his bid to expand the electorate and topple U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas. There are 36 Texas U.S. House seats — 25 Republican and 11 Democratic. The districts in play this fall include two Central Texas districts that have long been safe territory for Republicans: • The 31st Congressional District, anchored in the fast-growing suburbs north of Austin, represented by U.S. Rep. John Carter of Round Rock. "You probably have had your phones blowing up, and I’d rather not be one of those other guys just calling you and begging for a vote," Johannesen said he told the prospective supporter. Correction: An earlier version of this story erroneously stated U.S. Rep. Lance Gooden represents the 4th Congressional District.