TX-23 Hurd Retiring

[The Mikado]

Also the WAPO article says he has been making trips to SC,IA,and NH.
https://twitter.com/BobMooreNews/status/1157079457837936640

Will Hurd is not running for President. He's a savvy enough guy to know that there's zero constituency for him in that and he'll eventually want to run for statewide office in TX. (Maybe AG if Paxton leaves, given how unpopular he is? Maybe Land Commissioner if George P. Bush vacates it to try to run for Governor?)

[Roll Roons]

Also the WAPO article says he has been making trips to SC,IA,and NH.
https://twitter.com/BobMooreNews/status/1157079457837936640

Will Hurd is not running for President. He's a savvy enough guy to know that there's zero constituency for him in that and he'll eventually want to run for statewide office in TX. (Maybe AG if Paxton leaves, given how unpopular he is? Maybe Land Commissioner if George P. Bush vacates it to try to run for Governor?)

Hurd doesn't have a law degree so that's not an option. I could see him as DNI or CIA Director in the future - maybe he'll be the token Republican in a Biden administration.

[TrendsareUsuallyReal]

Also the WAPO article says he has been making trips to SC,IA,and NH.
https://twitter.com/BobMooreNews/status/1157079457837936640

Will Hurd is not running for President. He's a savvy enough guy to know that there's zero constituency for him in that and he'll eventually want to run for statewide office in TX. (Maybe AG if Paxton leaves, given how unpopular he is? Maybe Land Commissioner if George P. Bush vacates it to try to run for Governor?)

Typically you need to be an attorney to be Attorney General.

[junior chįmp]

Beto really needs to reconsider for Senate

What does this have to do with him lol

The TXGOP appears to be in collapse. He could beat Cornyn in the Senate race and help carry over other D candidates

[Amenhotep Bakari-Sellers]

Beto still believes he can beat Trump, with polls showing him ahead in TX, he isnt going for Senate. Dems dont need TX to win Senate, Dems have KS, AZ, CO, NC and ME

[ajc0918]

Why would Hurd not tell leadership he is retiring? That’s very ominous. I wonder if Hurd will now go full anti-Trump.

[DINGO Joe]

The ship be sinking.

[Pericles]

Why would Hurd not tell leadership he is retiring? That’s very ominous. I wonder if Hurd will now go full anti-Trump.

I think Susan Brooks surprised them too.

[😥]

Tossup -> Likely D

[smoltchanov]

Lean D. Democrats, undoubtely, have an initiative (and good candidate) now, but - district is purple.

[S019]

Tilt R------->Lean/Likely D

[Rookie Yinzer]

Battleground Texas!

Definitely more likely to flip than not now. Same goes for GA-07.

Ga 7th is still Trump +6.5. Im keeping that at tossup/tilt R but this is definetely lean/Likely D.

And it was Abrams +2 with non-white turnout down and Kemp’s cronies at the Gwinnett Board of Elections illegally throwing out Asian and Latino absentee ballots. Both seats are Likely D.

Won't voter suppression be just as big a deal in 2020?

Abrams and allies have a federal lawsuit going through the courts to put GA back under the pre-clearance provision of the VRA plus the GA Democratic Party and allies are gearing up for war.

Beto really needs to reconsider for Senate

What does this have to do with him lol

The TXGOP appears to be in collapse. He could beat Cornyn in the Senate race and help carry over other D candidates

Yeah... I was wanting him to wait until 2024 and let people forget about this Presidential run but this might be too good to pass up.

[NOVA Green]

Upper-Income educated Anglo, Asian, and Latino 'burbs of SA are key to the 2020 election in TX-23.....

These are the places that not only swung hard towards BETO in the US-SEN '18 race, but also helped keep hurd's margins down in the part of the district in Bexar County that was part of the PUB Gerrymandering "of the Voting Breadbasket of the District".

Assuming TX PUBs don't once again try to cheat and move district lines around, or if somehow White/Asian/Latino Upper-Middle-Class and Educated voters in the 'Burbs/Exurbs of SA that swung hard TX-SEN-DEM in '18 decide that DJT is really on their side, and the "massive tax cuts" are worth the cost, or maybe somehow working-class Latinos that typically in TX vote 80% DEM but don't vote in nearly as high rates as Middle-Class Latinos that traditionally tended to be a competitive constituency in Texas politics including only a few short years back, somehow decide that whatever replacement the PUBs have in mind is somehow a friend to the "Communidad".....

Then Republican might have a chance in TX-23....

[Dr Oz Lost Party!]

#DemsInDisarray

[Interlocutor is just not there yet]

I'd like to hear Deadprez' analysis before I make a prediction on this seat

[Politician]

D+1

[Frenchrepublican]

Battleground Texas!

Definitely more likely to flip than not now. Same goes for GA-07.

Ga 7th is still Trump +6.5. Im keeping that at tossup/tilt R but this is definetely lean/Likely D.

And it was Abrams +2 with non-white turnout down and Kemp’s cronies at the Gwinnett Board of Elections illegally throwing out Asian and Latino absentee ballots. Both seats are Likely D.

You're just insane. Abrams lost, deal with it.

[Frenchrepublican]

Lean D now

[beesley]

Wow. Did NOT see this retirement coming.

[RI]

Beto should run for this seat, not Senate.

[SnowLabrador]

Beto should run for this seat, not Senate.

I disagree. This seat is a tossup at worst even without Beto. The Senate seat is Safe R without him.

[RI]

Beto should run for this seat, not Senate.

I disagree. This seat is a tossup at worst even without Beto. The Senate seat is Safe R without him.

Beto will not beat Cornyn.

[Co-Chair Bagel23]

I really did like Hurd (still would not vote for him) but only elected current Texan Republican I like, miles better than the distant second place person. I do hope that he is the token Republican in a Democratic white house, because he is brilliant and qualified, and I actually trust him with a job in DNI or Senior Advisor, or something of that nature. I wholeheartedly would trust him with the security of the country.

[MT Treasurer]

Obviously an easy R hold without Lyin' Ted and Beta fella on the ballot.

/s, this year has been pretty bad for House Republicans and Senate Democrats so far.

[beesley]

Any chance of someone other than Gina Ortiz Jones winning the Dem primary?