The last time Texas voters chose the Democratic candidate for president was 44 years ago. 2020 could be the year that changes that, according to a veteran strategist
Donald TrumpI spent decades practicing politics in Texas, so when these kind of Lone Star aberrations hit the headlines, I often get asked about them. “Is Texas,” they ask, “really in play for the Democrats?” And I usually respond that it’s just a cyclical fever dream for Democrats, finishing the conversation with a polite, “Call me back in 10 years.”
Ann Richards, a Democrat, won the Texas governorship in 1990 because she was tough as nails and as charismatic as a movie star. But she ran for office when the hinge of party politics was beginning to swing Republican, and if it were not for an inept campaign by her opponent, Clayton Williams, she might not have prevailed. As it was, however, she only delayed the inevitable.
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