What Went Down At Biden’s State Of The Union And Texas’s Primary Election

When Texas Republicans established a new congressional map with a new 37th District based mostly in and around Austin, Democratic Rep. Lloyd Doggett decided to run there rather than in the successor district to his current seat in Texas’s 35th District. Only about 11 percent of Doggett’s current constituents are in the new 37th District, so there was some thought that maybe Doggett might not have a cakewalk victory in his primary. But it looks like he may win easily, as the early vote has him winning 83 percent.

Meanwhile, back in Texas’s 15th District, Monica De La Cruz is still leading the Republican primary with about 58 percent of the vote with 59 percent reporting. The GOP continues to elect far fewer women to political office than Democrats, even though in 2020 they elected more women than ever before. Whether that progress will continue is an open question, but De La Cruz winning a competitive primary to compete in a competitive general election are the kinds of things to look for if you want to understand if a party is prioritizing female candidates.

Welp, that’s all the State of the Union polling for tonight! Stay tuned for more Texas primary coverage — I’m off to my burrow.