| November 7, December 12, December 19. Three elections, six weeks.
In that time, Democrats across the state have celebrated picking up 6 House seats, holding on to every incumbent seat, replacing Tom DeLay with Nick Lampson, and the return of Ciro Rodriguez to Congress.
Not bad for a months work, but we have one more race to watch and work on in HD-29. The Texas Democratic Party, House Democratic Campaign Committee, and our very own KT are all working tirelessly to overcome the districts red nature to elect Dr. Anthony DiNovo.
Currently there are 5 TDP staffers on the ground in HD-29 (one of which has been in the district since December 3). The other 4 staff members were reassigned once the November and December 12 congressional election passed in order to maximize the effort on the ground and elect as many Democrats as possible.
One TDP staff member has been put on the ground to work on a GOTV effort that focuses on the usually disenfranchised Hispanic community and the others have been directed to do, "whatever the campaign needs done."
With the sudden passing of Glenda Dawson, the swift turn toward this unique opportunity has been interesting to watch. The possibilities of runoffs in the 5 congressional seats gave campaigns and the party time to get resources together. Unlike those races, this came suddenly.
Because of this sudden special election, former State Representative and Democrat Tom Uher was able to recruit convince Republican Mike O'Day to enter the race. O'Day has been artful in hiding his strong conservative ideology and frame himself as a moderate.
Interestingly Matagorda has only had 436 people vote at its only early vote location and Brazoria has had nearly 2,223 voters (close to 1,200 of which have come from east Pearland).
Amber Moon, spokesperson of the TDP had this to say about the recent string of elections.
The Texas Democratic Party has been working non-stop all year long to elect more Democrats to more offices across the state, and we've seen from Democrat's electoral success on November 7th and December 12th that the hard work is paying off. The TDP is channeling that momentum into the HD-29 race because we remain committed to supporting Democratic candidates in every area of the state. The Party is proud to be involved and lend support to the Anthony DiNovo campaign.
There has already been a discussion by HDCC about what can be done to maximize the campaign efforts in a runoff. This includes the use of targeted mail, paid phoners, and other parallel campaign activities.
Watch here tomorrow for the result, but in the mean time, phonebank using True Blue Action today and tomorrow! |
