"Extinguishing the possibility that Texas could be placed back under federal electoral supervision, the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday pushed aside claims that lawmakers intentionally discriminated against voters of color when they enacted the state’s congressional and state House maps… The one exception was Fort Worth-based House District 90, which is occupied by Democratic state Rep. Ramon Romero and was deemed an impermissible racial gerrymander because lawmakers illegally used race as the predominant factor in deciding its boundaries."
Quinnipiac University has released a new poll of the Texas Senate race between Ted Cruz and Beto O’Rourke. And it has everyone a twitter.
Quinnipiac poll registered voters throughout the state (31% Republican, 26% Democrat and 36% Independent), which resulted in them determining the race is “too close to call.”
Combined with O’Rourke’s impressive fundraising numbers, this definitely makes the race more interesting. This is a poll of registered voters months out from the election though. Will be interesting to see if this holds, particularly among likely voters.
The headline: Democrats are voting in a mid-term primary. So far, Democrats have outpaced their 2014 and 2016 early vote turnout through 6 days of early voting. Of the top 15 counties, Democrats have outpaced both 2014 and 2016 totals in 9 of the 15 counties.
Of course, voter turnout is still low, but this has raised some questions about the future of some Republican incumbents if this type of turnout continues into the general election. It probably won’t impact any statewide races, but could tilt some Congressional and state house districts in the Democrats favor, particularly in Harris County.
