Thread by @cjtackett

I track State level campaign finance in Texas. Over the past three years, I've captured pretty much all of it, in every race (right from the TEC site). There is definitely something going on in 17 Texas House districts. #txlege

HD26
2018 - 1 Dem candidate with 176 contributors, raising $10,210

2020- 4 Dem candidates with 489 contributors, raising $367,874 (Sarah Demerchant is the November candidate @sarah_dem26)

HD28
2018 - 1 Dem candidate with 103 contributors, raising $18,970

2020 - (special and primary) 1 Dem candidate with 9,907 contributors, raising $1,014,028 (Eliz Markowitz is the November candidate @ElizMarkowitz )

HD54
2018 - 1 Dem candidate with 1 contributor, raising $100

2020 - 1 Dem candidate with 243 contributors, raising $66,107 (KeKe Williams is the November candidate @kekefortexas)

HD64
2018 - 1 Dem candidate with 146 contributors, raising $14,983

2020 - 1 Dem candidate with 503 contributors, raising $68,045 (Angela Brewer is the November candidate @angelafortexas)

HD66
2018 - 1 Dem candidate with 115 contributors, raising $41,639

2020 - 2 Dem candidates with 1,271 contributors, raising $409,724 (Sharon Hirsch is the November candidate @Sharon4TX)

HD67
2018 - 1 Dem candidate with 246 contributors, raising $10,037

2020 - 4 Dem candidates with 952 contributors, raising $331,036 (Lorenzo Sanchez is the November candidate @LorenzoForTexas)

HD92
2018 - 1 Dem candidate with 206 contributors, raising $30,149

2020 - 2 Dem candidates with 903 contributors, raising $391,918 (Jeff Whitfield is the November candidate @JeffWhitfieldTX)

HD93
2018 - 1 Dem candidate with 216 contributors, raising $23,019

2020 - 1 Dem candidate with 430 contributors, raising $205,701 (Lydia Bean is the November candidate @LydiaBeanTexas)

HD94
2018 - 1 Dem candidate with 23 contributors, raising $2,329

2020 - 1 Dem candidate with 266 contributors, raising $68,541 (Alisa Simmons is the November candidate @alisafortexas)

HD96
2018 - 1 Dem candidate with 46 contributors, raising $11,235

2020 - 1 Dem candidate with 402 contributors, raising $167,346 (Joe Drago is the November candidate @dragofor96)

HD97
2018 - 1 Dem candidate with 152 contributors, raising $38,842

2020 - 1 Dem candidate with 829 contributions, raising $357,739 (Elizabeth Beck is the November candidate @elizabethforTX)

HD108
2018 - 1 Dem candidate with 490 contributors, raising $110,355

2020 - 3 Dem candidates with 1,894 contributors, raising $838,916 (Joanna Cattanach is the November candidate @Joanna4Texas)

HD112
2018 - 1 Dem candidate with 1,375 contributors, raising $97,015

2020 - 1 Dem candidate with 623 contributors, raising $284,646 (Brandy Chambers is the November candidate @BrandyforTexas)

HD121
2018 - 1 Dem candidate with 223 contributors, raising $89,031

2020 - 2 Dem candidates with 430 contributors, raising $214,954 (Celina Montoya is the November candidate @CelinaForTexas)

HD126
2018 - 1 Dem candidate with 43 contributors, raising $8,144

2020 - 1 Dem candidate with 379 contributors, raising $154,199 (Natali Hurtado is the November candidate @NataliforTexas)

HD134
2018 - 1 Dem candidate with 201 contributors, raising $82,118

2020 - 3 Dem candidates with 2,509 contributors, raising $678,040 (Ann Johnson is the November candidate @VoteAnnJohnson)

HD138
2018 - 1 Dem candidate with 199 contributors, raising $118,050

2020 - 2 Dem candidates with 1,353 contributors, raising $267,858 (Akilah Bacy is the November candidate @AkilahBacy)

And here is a bonus 18th race!
HD106
2018 - 1 Dem candidate with 358 contributors, raising $52,223

2020 - 1 Dem candidate with 536 contributors, raising $70,203 (Jennifer Skidonenko is the November candidate @SkidonenkoForTX)

In every one of these 17 +1 races, overall contributions to the Democrats went up (whether direct cash or in-kind). In all but one, contributors went up too. That's AMAZING. Communities are paying attention at a grassroots level.

While more focus is going to the Dem candidates, the R's are attempting to ramp up as well. In most cases, it isn't the step change we see on the D side, but it means this is going to be a fight all the way to November 3rd.

Every one of these were single digit losses for the Democrat in the race in 2018. Based on the increased attention for 2020, the grassroots support, and the top of the ticket, we just may see the 10 needed seats go blue, meaning the Texas House would flip.