officially entered Texas’s 2018 race for U.S. Senate Friday, making a bet that the growing Democratic “resistance” could break a 24-year Republican lock on the Lone Star State. It’s been 29 years since Democrats won a Senate race in Texas, and 27 years since they won any statewide offices at all. In 2016, with less hype, a backlash to Donald Trump among suburban voters and nonwhites spiked Democratic turnout in Texas. “I’m concerned about his rulings that favor business interests,” said O’Rourke, citing the “frozen trucker” case that Democrats focused on during the hearing. “I don’t think Ted Cruz is a bad person, but we all know he spent four years running for president,” said O’Rourke.

Source: Washington Post April 01, 2017 01:15 UTC