Allred’s sharp divergence from Beto O’Rourke’s more active campaign style has stirred dissent among some Democrats. His allies say it’s working.
U.S. Rep. Colin Allred , D-Dallas, speaks during the kick-off event for the Women for Allred coalition in Dallas on Aug. 24, 2024.to receive twice-monthly updates on our year-long initiative dedicated to boosting civic engagement and chronicling how democracy is experienced in Texas.Six years after Beto O'Rourke’s electrifying Senate campaign set the standard for Texas Democrats seeking statewide office, U.S. Rep.
While he has not been as active on the stump, Allred is not exactly camping out in his basement. Over the weekend, he held a “women for Allred” rally in Dallas, attended by some 850 people, where he touted his support for abortion rights and accused Cruz of trying to avoid talking about Texas’ abortion ban, which does not exempt cases of rape or incest.
Matthew Wilson, a political science professor at Southern Methodist University, gave Allred’s strategy some credit. For all its acclaim, he said, O’Rourke’s campaign-everywhere approach failed to make a dent in the GOP’s lopsided margins in rural Texas, which remained a bright red firewall"My sense is that has concluded that Texas is not a retail politics state," Wilson said."It's sprawling, it's diverse.
“It was almost like the Obama model. If you want to get involved, you can. People will give you the basic steps to do it,” Ramos said, referring to former President Barack Obama’s robust ground game from his 2008 and 2012 campaigns. “That infrastructure has not been developed for the Colin Allred campaign.”
Cruz, asked to compare 2018 to this year’s race, offered a rare note of praise for his vanquished 2018 rival.
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