State Rep. Christina Morales argues that Democrats have a real shot in south Texas and the Dallas-Fort Worth area.

DALLAS — Encouraged by the top of the ticket, voter enthusiasm, polling and fundraising, Texas Democrats are confident heading into the midterm elections in November. 

State Representative Christina Morales, D-District 145, is chair of the Texas House Democratic Campaign Committee, which helps recruit and elect Democrats to the lower chamber. 



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Rep. Morales says there’s plenty of evidence that Texas is in play, including the fact that more Democrats cast a ballot in the March primary than Republicans, the first time that’s happened since 2020. She also says campaign workers sense deep voter frustration while out knocking on doors. 

The Democrat joined us from the Rio Grande Valley and south Texas is one of the locations where she thinks her party will do well in the fall. 

“South Texas, you know, was duped by the Trump administration and Republicans when it  comes to immigration policy. And so those folks are definitely ready for change,” Rep. Morales told us on Inside Texas Politics. “What our friends and neighbors in the RGV did not realize was the inhumane practices that were going to be happening. And right near my district in Houston, Texas, we saw the murder of a man who was simply going to work that morning running his small business, employing other people in the community.” 

In other parts of the state in general, north Texas specifically, the lawmaker thinks the school voucher program (Texas Education Freedom Accounts, TEFA) that launches for the upcoming school year will work against Texas Republicans. 

“Let’s not forget that every Republican who’s on the ballot, who’s an incumbent, has a record of voting against our public schools and funneling billions of dollars to private schools,” the Democrat argued. “What’s really important to those communities is the public schools. And they voted against public schools. And we cannot stand for that.” 

The goal is to flip the Texas House. 

But Democrats would need to gain 14 seats, a lofty goal at best. The party managed to flip a dozen seats in 2018. 

“In 2018, we did not have the infrastructure that we have now and we were able to flip 12 seats,” Morales relayed. “So, things are different this time around. And when we have some amazing candidates at the top of the ticket, listen, I think this is the year and this is the best opportunity to pull it off in a second Trump midterm.”