The Texas primaries in March feel like a lifetime ago. Soon after Super Tuesday, the coronavirus pandemic spread across the country and ground political campaigns to a halt. Governor Greg Abbott delayed the runoff elections by two months while state Attorney General Ken Paxton beat back attempts to expand access to mail-in voting. Meanwhile, anger over Republicans’ response to the pandemic mounted with each day.
That anger manifested itself in the runoffs, as Texas Democrats—undeterred by COVID-19 cases surging across the state—turned out to vote in record numbers.
Now, Texas Democrats can finally intensify their efforts to make the state a real battleground.
