TX-23: Rematch probable, as DCCC (re-)drafting Gallego

[Miles]

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[Indy Texas]

This seat will probably continue to swing back and forth the rest of the decade: GOP gets it in off years, Dems get it in presidential years.

[badgate]

This is good news. Go Gallego! If he can hold it in '18 he might be a good candidate for 2020 Senate.

[free my dawg]

Probably wouldn't be a bad idea - isn't this seat trending D quickly?

This is good news. Go Gallego! If he can hold it in '18 he might be a good candidate for 2020 Senate.

Eh, 2026 would probably be better. He'd be 64 so it wouldn't be entirely far-fetched.

[Vosem]

Eh, Romney did worse than Generic R here and he still won the district by a few points. Texas statewide Rs have been winning it by double-digits fairly frequently. Canseco was just really lazy as a candidate; so long as Hurd is better (no guarantee; he did lose a primary to Canseco back in 2010) we should be able to keep this as a district that only goes D in wave years. Gallego is a very good get for the DCCC, of course -- probably the strongest Democrat this area has.

[badgate]

This is good news. Go Gallego! If he can hold it in '18 he might be a good candidate for 2020 Senate.

Eh, 2026 would probably be better. He'd be 64 so it wouldn't be entirely far-fetched.

There's no harm in having a practice run.

[Miles]

Probably wouldn't be a bad idea - isn't this seat trending D quickly?

It trended D slightly in 2012. Longer term, the trend is stronger, but Bush had an effect in TX, which likely exaggerated the trend,.

I wouldn't be surprised Republicans conceded this seat permanently after the next census though. That would make it easier for them to be greedy elsewhere.