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Texas Primary Results

by Bob Walsh

Texas had their first-in-the-nation primaries yesterday.  There were some interesting results.

Beto O'Rourke handily won the right to oppose the current governor Greg Abbott.  I wonder if that will mean he will have to quit his cushy federal gig in order to run?

Greg Casar, a hard-core Democrat-Socialist, won the primary in the Austin-San Antonio house district.  He will almost certainly win in November in that district.

Another solid Democrat-Socialist, Jessica Cisneros, got enough votes to force a run-off with nine term congressman Henry Cuellar representing the area around Laredo in congress..

It is generally reported that the voter turnout was lower than expected and that voting on the Democrat side seemed to be unfocused.