With what looks like about 60 percent of the vote, GregCasar beat his competition Tuesday evening in the Democratic primary for Texas’ Congressional District 35. gusbova reports:
With what looks like about 60 percent of the vote, ex-Austin City Council Member Greg Casar—a staunch progressive and former labor organizer endorsed by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez—trounced his competition Tuesday evening in the Democratic primary for Texas’ Congressional District 35.
“Our campaign has built a movement of working people, from San Antonio to Austin, who are ready to fight because our futures depend on it,” said Casar in a press release declaring victory. “Progressive policies are popular. And we’re going to pass them for Texas working families.” In his seven years on Austin City Council, Casar led efforts to effectively end arrests for low-level pot possession, pass an ordinance requiring private employers to provide, roll back ordinances criminalizing homelessness, and move to transfer money out of the police department and into civilian social services.
Some of Casar’s progressive achievements were swiftly undone by the state’s conservative legislature and courts . Earlier this month, Casar acknowledged the state had frustrated a number of his initiatives. “Do we respond by just giving up? Or do we continue to build our movement to go to Congress to pass paid sick time for every single Texan, paid parental leave for every single American, and a $15 an hour minimum wage?” he told theCasar’s opponents included 10-term state House Representative Eddie Rodriguez.
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