General Discussion

Beto lost by around 2 points, which is the best performance by a democrat in a statewide race in Texas in some thirty years.

Talarico probably is the closest to having an outside shot of this thing. Closest since Beto at least. But even Beto lost by over 200,000 votes. It’s a big state.

I still think there are more winnable races in November, so as talented as he is, I hope democrats nationwide don’t make the same mistake as they did with McConnell or Lindsey Graham’s opponents in 2020 and give money to other races too. I feel like two or three senate races sucked up all the money in that cycle.

They were tough races — the opponents were polling well, but in the end these are very red states. So much money was spent just to lose them by double digit margins.