“He’s just as frustrated as I am, like everyone else,” said Democratic Senator Roland Gutierrez, who represented Yuvalde and disturbed himself at another Abbott news conference. He urged the governor to call for a special meeting in the Texas Senate. Pass the gun control law.
Mr. Oroke’s governor campaign is said to be a difficult battle, almost impossible in Texas, where the Republicans hold the state’s power.
No Democrat has won state-wide elections in Texas since November 1994, and no Democrat has occupied the Governor’s mansion since January 1995, the final day of Governor Ann W. Richards’ term. .. Despite years of democratic blue wave promises, Texas has passed and continues to implement some of the country’s most conservative policies. Democrats continue to tackle low turnout as Republicans make money in border cities in southern Texas. Also, in the governor’s election, Mr. Abbott has a great economic advantage. According to the latest Texas Institutional Review Board filings, his cash on hand was about $ 50 million, compared to Mr. Oroke’s $ 6.8 million as of February 19.
Cal Jillson, a political analyst and professor at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, said: “In a good year, they can win some ballotless offices and Texas legislative seats, but they can’t break through the entire state, and 2022 won’t be a good year. . “
For many years of democratic strategists and activists who have worked to blue the state, recent election contests quickly made them optimistic and worried. Senator Oroke’s bid in 2018 helped the party re-energize and shake the competition for ballots in favor of the Democrats, as it was within 3 percent of Senator Ted Cruz’s departure. rice field.
However, Texas Republicans have been helped by higher turnout in smaller counties in the 2020 elections, shifting their predominantly rural areas even further to the right. In a preliminary election for the Republican Attorney General two weeks ago, incumbent Trump-backed Ken Paxton defeated state land commissioner George P. Bush, the last member of the Bush family.
Former El Paso councilor Oruk, between himself and Mr. Abbott, as a choice between the old leader found in the gun lobby and his vision of excluding “weapons of war” from civilian life. Thrown the competition. At the Dallas Forum on Wednesday, he said he rushed to the stage to confront the Governor of Yuvarde because someone wanted to do the same after shooting Wal-Mart in his hometown of El Paso in 2019. ..
