The primaries in Texas are being held today under a legally disputed gerrymandered congressional map. The DOJ is disputing this. SCOTUS previously ruled that the Alabama map will have to stand as it is due to the proximity of the elections.
But in Texas, here are some races to watch:
TX-28: Progressive Jessica Cisneros is trying again to unseat DINO Henry Cuellar. He barely defeated Cisneros two years ago in that primary. This guy might be worse that Dan Lipinski who finally got successfully primaried by Marie Newman on her 2nd attempt. Cisneros voted with Trump 70% of the time, voted to defund women's health services, and took money from the NRA and Koch Brothers. In January the FBI raided his home and office. Right now PredictIt has Cisneros YES trading at 66c/share with Cuellar the long shot at 32c/share YES. It is also favoring her in the margin of victory bracket with >= 10% MoV trading the most at 24c.
TX-35: PI has Greg Casar in a blowout victory there.
Texas Attorney General: Latest poll has Rochelle Garza well ahead at 41%. Bernie endorsed Lee Merritt polled third at 15%. Bernie endorsed the other two above.
It will be interesting to see how those two congressional seats hold up in the general with the gerrymander. I can guarantee you that the DCCC will blame 0% of it on the gerrymander and 100% of it on the establishment candidates losing their primaries if the seats are lost in the fall. That's how it always is.
But in Texas, here are some races to watch:
TX-28: Progressive Jessica Cisneros is trying again to unseat DINO Henry Cuellar. He barely defeated Cisneros two years ago in that primary. This guy might be worse that Dan Lipinski who finally got successfully primaried by Marie Newman on her 2nd attempt. Cisneros voted with Trump 70% of the time, voted to defund women's health services, and took money from the NRA and Koch Brothers. In January the FBI raided his home and office. Right now PredictIt has Cisneros YES trading at 66c/share with Cuellar the long shot at 32c/share YES. It is also favoring her in the margin of victory bracket with >= 10% MoV trading the most at 24c.
TX-35: PI has Greg Casar in a blowout victory there.
Texas Attorney General: Latest poll has Rochelle Garza well ahead at 41%. Bernie endorsed Lee Merritt polled third at 15%. Bernie endorsed the other two above.
It will be interesting to see how those two congressional seats hold up in the general with the gerrymander. I can guarantee you that the DCCC will blame 0% of it on the gerrymander and 100% of it on the establishment candidates losing their primaries if the seats are lost in the fall. That's how it always is.
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