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Bob Garrett
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For 5 weeks, 'the Abbott family,' @GovAbbott's inner circle of aides, has convulsed w/shock, worry over a public pillorying of one of their own: new Texas Secretary of State David Whitley. His list of possible noncitizen voters stirred passions #txlege 1/5 dallasnews.com/news/texas-pol…
W​ho is he? Almost a surrogate son to Greg and Cecilia Abbott. When the Abbotts met w/Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi last year, Whitley (at left) was only non-security aide they took with them into the meeting. Read my Whitley profile: #txlege 2/5 dallasnews.com/news/texas-pol…
Whitley's a lanky South Texan with a toothy grin and self-effacing manner. He connected w/Team Abbott when his older brother roomed w/future Abbott chief of staff Daniel Hodge. Whitley became Abbott's advance man, then travel aide. They bonded #txlege 3/5 dallasnews.com/news/texas-pol…
Before David Whitley and wife Megan (next to him in AP photo) got hitched, Greg Abbott initiated a counseling session with them on the 'potential pitfalls' of David's being a married law student. It was 'life-changing meeting,' David says. ​#txlege 4/5 dallasnews.com/news/texas-pol…
In October, a key influencer died-Whitley's maternal grandfather Gordon "Bud" Smith of Alice, TX. He ran the food pantry, and David Whitley often helped. Pic of "Papa" can be seen at bottom of this link: alicevolunteers.org/page2.shtml
​#txlege ​5​/5 (Profile has @LandisImages pics!)
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1/ NEW: Texas' botched voter citizenship review has frayed its relationship with local officials.

“I heard it over and over again that this relationship is in tatters.”

#txlege bit.ly/2GCzuKM
2/ Some context first:

In January, Texas loudly announced that counties should check on the citizenship of 95,000 voters.

Then, Texas quietly told counties that many of those voters don't belong on that list.

Everything fell apart after that. #txlege bit.ly/2GCzuKM
3/ A breakdown in communication has emerged since then between the state’s top election officials and county election offices.

A rift in that relationship could prove perilous to the state’s election system.

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1/ There are now enough votes in the Texas Senate to block Secretary of State David Whitley’s nomination.

Whitley has been under fire over a controversial voter citizenship review that was based on deeply flawed data.

#txlege bit.ly/2Eq2x1S
2/ In January, Texas loudly announced that counties should check on the citizenship of 95,000 registered voters.

Then, Texas quietly told counties that many of the voters flagged don't belong on that list.

Everything fell apart. #txlege bit.ly/2BNESGV
3/3 In order to be confirmed, Whitley needs two-thirds of votes of senators present when his confirmation vote comes up.

So if all 11 of these senators are on the floor, he doesn't have the votes to be confirmed.

#txlege bit.ly/2BNESGV
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1/ Breaking: Sen. José Rodríguez, the chair of the Senate Democratic Caucus, is now a “no” vote on Texas Secretary of State David Whitley, the embattled election official who has overseen a controversial voter citizenship review. #txlege bit.ly/2V6kIz2
2/ In January, Texas loudly announced that counties should check on the citizenship of 95,000 registered voters.

Then, Texas quietly told counties that many of the voters flagged for citizenship review don't belong on that list. bit.ly/2V6kIz2 #txlege
3/ Opposition has mounted against Whitley ever since.

Today especially has been a bad day for him. bit.ly/2V6kIz2 #txlege
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Ashley Lopez
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At the Texas Capitol today, Texas Secretary of State David Whitley has his nominations committee hearing. He’s sure to be asked some tough questions about his office’s troubled effort to remove alleged noncitizens from the state’s voter rolls. #TXlege
Whitley is talking about his voter purge effort — which he’s referring to as list maintenance. He says his office has been training local election officials since the start. However, local officials have told me they’ve felt lost on how to verify the state’s list.
Democratic State Sen. Kirk Watson asks about the accuracy of the voter list, Whitley says it’s not wrong, “it’s collaborative.”
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New Hampshire's new Democratic-majority state legislature is voting today on electing NH's secretary of state. Dems could oust longtime SOS Bill Gardner, nominally a Dem, who is notorious for backing Republican voter suppression measures. Background here: dailykos.com/stories/2018/1…
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#New PA cong. map increases D chance of winning the House majority by 4%. They only need a 6.8% generic ballot margin now (down from 7.7) to be favored.

Diff. will be closer to 10% in Nov when uncertainty from polls is ⬇️. Redraw is a very big deal.

One major reason the new PA map is such a big gain for Democrats is that it solidifies, not just tips, PA districts in Philly burbs. Also creates one additional vulnerable R district. (Easily seen in this map made by @JMilesColeman)
My forecasting model will have new PA map in the near future. This is not just a simple switch; it’s a coding redesign, restructuring of input, & drawing new geographic files. Takes a while (for me, a student).

In the meantime, just add 3-4% to the model: bit.ly/2018_house
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