“It’s hard because the Democratic Party doesn’t have the infrastructure here like the Republican Party does,” said Kirkpatrick, 39. “Democrats here have always felt like we had to be quiet. But if we were a little louder, people would understand this is a battleground that’s up for grabs.”
Democrats have long imagined a blue wave would roll in to break through the conservative landscape in the heart of the South Plains. It hasn’t happened.
I might have seen a headline or something about that.
But I guess 2018 wasn’t a presidential year, and that’s why Beto was such a big story
https://elections2024.thehill.com/texas/texas-senate-cruz-allred/
Cruz has been slightly pulling a head, but 6% in Texas still ain’t bad. Allred might still get it, a former NFL linebacker is right up Texas’s alley