'We're on overdrive': Texas House campaigns working down to the wire to win competitive races
Joanna Cattanach, a Democratic state House candidate from Dallas, had a busy Wednesday.
She’d stood outside polling locations in cold weather encouraging voters to cast their ballots for her, then headed indoors to continue campaigning on phone banks, including one with former Congressman Beto O’Rourke that had more than 600 volunteers.
And, oh yeah, it was also her birthday. Cattanach munched on some birthday cake during a video conference as she made calls for her race in House District 108, which covers Uptown, parts of downtown, the Park Cities and Old East Dallas, where she is running against Republican incumbent Morgan Meyer.
“We’re on overdrive right now,” said Cattanach, who lost her bid to unseat Meyer two years ago by 220 votes and plans to spend the remaining days of the campaign on an all-out blitz to overcome that deficit.
Republicans are pulling out all the stops, too, as candidates in competitive statehouse elections across North Texas have similarly packed schedules as they race to finish strong ahead of Tuesday’s election. They are weathering cold and rain, block-walking in masks and face covers, and combing through their lists of supporters to ensure that their people are casting ballots.
And with good reason. Democrats are vying to win a majority in the Texas House for the first time since 2001, and experts say the road to victory for both parties runs through North Texas' contested elections.
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