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Mon Jul 30, 2012 at 01:00 PM CDT
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The winner of this runoff -- itself the by-product of an 11-way Democratic primary -- will go to Congress. This minority-opportunity district was designed to elect a Democrat. The only question is whether Marc Veasey or Domingo Garcia gets the win. Veasey is a current State Rep, Garcia a former member of the state house. Veasey represents the Tarrant County side of the district, which was initially intended to be wholly within Tarrant and majority-African American. Garcia hails from Dallas, and is counting on the 61.3% Hispanic population to put him over the top. Veasey earned 37% in the first round, Garcia 25%.
From the get-go, Veasey and Garcia were perceived as the frontrunners, as David Alameel's hefty $2 million self-financed campaign produced little more than a slew of billboards. The runoff has turned acrimonious due in part to Garcia's attacking area employers and making allegations that Veasey is insufficiently Democratic. Veasey has earned endorsements from a broad range of Democrats in Tarrant and Dallas County; Garcia has been endorsed by a former Craddick D. Veasey has raised almost $800K to date to Garcia's $182K; however, Garcia loaned himself $300,000 on his May pre-primary report and another $300,000 on his Q1 report.
Now that it's a two-man race in the two Metroplex counties, look to see if Veasey can do better in Dallas than Garcia does in Tarrant, and if Veasey can get Tarrant turnout high enough to prevail.
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