If anyone from the Gina Hinojosa campaign is seeing this, Abbott’s campaign is killing you with lies about her voting record on taxes. For God’s sake, please PLEASE cut an ad pointing out that a state income tax was made unconstitutional in the 1990s when Ds were in the majority. And while you’re at it, PLEASE mention how the state budget has ballooned while Abbott has been governor. C’mon, this is low-hanging fruit.

I'm writing down who I want to vote for the upcoming election and try to be objective but man its not even close... this is the worst set of candidates I've seen put out by the GOP so far and I've voted in many Texas elections. Complete total garbage. I don't even have to name names. You exactly who I am talking about. I have to vote blue on every partisan race, not because I necessarily like the Democratic candidates, but because they have like no serious competition. The Dems are going to sweep the state because the GOP can't field decent candidates.

What's going on? Maybe the rot from Trumpism has festered with his primary challenge endorsements going to morons and this is the result. GOP come on! Step up your game! choose better candidates.

Every interview i see of ken paxton is so bad. He is the most uncharasmatic person i have ever seen and he sucks up to trump even when he calls him ugly or wierd. Trump has even said he doesnt like him. I feel like this is why he is dodging the debate.

Today I received more Republican advertising in mail, this time it was all about gender comments by Talarico. This is in addition to endless TV ads, YouTube ads, Radio ads, social media ads. There are a very few related to taxes, drowned out about gender related ones.

Especially when it comes to Talarico, I have not seen any Republican ads criticism him on

• jobs
• inflation
• fuel prices
• electricity prices
• data-centers
• immigrant treatment
• war
• weather
• SNAP benefits
• farmers and ranchers in distress

And anything else that impacts the overwhelming majority of Texans.

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A new UT Austin poll found Democrats with narrow leads in nearly every statewide race after trailing their GOP challengers in the same poll just two months ago.

I just finished The Myth of a Red Texas By David Griscom and hadn’t seen much discussion about it. I thought it was an interesting book that gave some context to the history of politics in the state. It covered some of the collectivism of the farmers in the post civil war, socialism and Eugene Deb and some post WWII union. I definitely learned quite a bit from this quick read and would recommend it to anyone interested in the history of progressivism in the state.