Jonathan Bernstein, Columnist

Is Texas Really Becoming a Battleground?

Democrats are gaining in the state, and not just because of demographic change.

October 9, 2020 at 7:43 AM EDT

Jonathan Bernstein is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering politics. A former professor of political science at the University of Texas at San Antonio, he wrote A Plain Blog About Politics.

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Let’s talk Texas. Abby Livingston has a terrific item in the Texas Tribune about how Democrats have been competitive here; the story begins in the U.S. House district I live in, which until recently was a totally safe Republican seat but which is now being strongly contested by former Democratic gubernatorial candidate Wendy Davis.

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