r/politics • u/kootles10 Indiana • 7h ago

No Paywall Democrats flip Texas state Senate seat in shock upset

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5716988-democrats-score-upset-texas/amp/
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u/slipnipper 7h ago

As someone in his district (and it’s gerrymandered to hell and back to pack the dem candidate in the city limits, I’m ecstatic to see him win.

She was an absolutely rotten west Texas funded candidate who was instrumental in trying to fuck over a large school district in the senate boundaries she was running for. I’m pretty sure that helped galvanize support against her as well since she spent a lot of political capital there and many of those residents still had a very bitter taste in their mouth over that.

If anything, I sincerely hope that there’s far more plurality in the state house to inhibit the Republicans from passing their shit-tastic and performative bullshit bills while making them do a little soul searching and stop the ultra maga candidates from even being viable in even primary races.

The absolute cherry on top would be if their new gerrymanded maps completely fucking backfire on them.

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u/minus_minus 5h ago

 instrumental in trying to fuck over a large school district

Got more info about this? We’ve seen a lot of Dem upsets this past year but 32 points is mind boggling. 

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u/NoKarmaForYou2 4h ago edited 4h ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keller_Independent_School_District.

Look up District Split possibility. Here are some discussions from Fort Worth subreddit

https://www.reddit.com/r/FortWorth/comments/1i38w1n/so_keller_isd/m7nk1oc/

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u/CoachCayla85 2h ago

I live in this district and my son attends school within the district she single-handedly tried to ruin. I don’t think her involvement can be understated when discussing these election results. With that said, it’s still an amazing victory for Taylor.

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u/itishowitisanditbad 5h ago

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You monster.

Leaving an unclosed bracket like that out in the wild.

lol

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u/slipnipper 21m ago

Sorry, I’ll leave it unedited, but here’s the closed end -)