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In reply to the discussion: James Talarico fires up 3,000 Texans at HUGE rally , [View all]yellowdogintexas
(23,655 posts)so engaging and comfortable in his skin and with the crowd.
He stays for pictures until everyone who want one has a chance.
Jasmine is a ball of fire and a force of nature, it's true and there are those who think she can't win in November because of those things. I think James has a better shot especially considering he will appeal to those West Texas rednecks
Texas is so mysoginistic that I am hesitant to predict she will win. Anne Richards is thrown up as an example of a woman who won statewide but she also had the absolute worst opponent ever. He was a real piece of work.
The other woma who won a statewide election we Kay Bailey Hutchison and she was a Republican. A moderate Republican; I sure do wish we still had her; her retirement gave us Ted Cruz
I absolutely despise how this race has erupted into a range war. It all hinged on the redistricting and the last minute SCOTUS opinion that ruled for the midterm map - 3 days before the filling deadline. That was when everything went insane.