Commentary: Texas Democrats need viable candidates, leadership, infrastructure and an actual governing vision.
Beto O'Rourke, Texas Democratic gubernatorial candidate, addresses supporters on Election Night. Texas Democrats have been reduced to turning to celebrity candidates or relatively unknown novice candidates. It’s not a winning strategy.Texas Democrats suffered through yet another disappointing election. As a Houston Texans fan, I empathize. Like the Texans, Democrats in the Lone Star State regularly show a lot of promise and hype, only to see things collapse into abject failure.
As a political scientist, I can cite a number of scholarly studies or think-tank pieces to explain the Democrats’ long electoral drought. While useful, it might help to seek truth from facts. Here’s the harsh reality for Texas Democrats: While the party won a majority of the vote in Texas’ largest 30 counties in the governor’s race, its vote share was down significantly from 2018.
As a result, breaking through becomes ever more elusive for Texas Democrats. Without elected officials at the local level or in the Legislature, Democrats don’t have much of a bench when it comes to statewide candidates. If the party doesn’t have viable candidates for lower-level statewide offices such as agriculture commissioner or land commissioner, how can it build up enough candidates with some name recognition to win a U.S.
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