Why Are National Progressives Campaigning in Texas?

The Kamala Harris campaign hasn’t spent money campaigning in Texas this election season. It hasn’t spent much time here, either. Outside of a quick rally in San Antonio with second gentleman Doug Emhoff in late September before a fundraiser, there’ve been no further public campaign events. The reason for her absence is obvious: History suggests that she hasn’t got much chance of winning here. The last Democrat to claim Texas’s electoral votes was Jimmy Carter, nearly fifty years ago. The idea of a blue—or at least purple—Texas has tantalized national Democrats for at least a decade, but the real measure of how competitive they see the state is in where they’re spending their time and money. Progressive politicians appear to see it a little differently. This week,…

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This article was originally published by Dan Solomon at Texas Monthly (https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/aoc-bernie-sanders-texas-tour/).

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