And they're off in the #TX06 special election. First early returns (read: not predictive) coming in. 
In 2020, Democrat Stephen Daniel won the early/absentee vote in Tarrant County 53-47%.
Early voting was more curtailed in this special than it was in the general election, though.
Early voting was more curtailed in this special than it was in the general election, though.
https://twitter.com/ryanmatsumoto1/status/1388646816879546369
Just got first numbers in from Ellis County, which casts abour 25% of the district's votes and is very Republican. It's where Ellzey, Harrison, and Sanchez are all from, and Ellzey's team has been very bullish on their strength there.
We have no votes yet from Navarro County (Trump +45). It's the smallest county in the district. It only casts ~6% of the votes. But in a crowded contest like this one it could prove very important. The knock against Ron Wright in the district was that he rarely left Tarrant Co.
This is something the Lassiter camp thinks could work in its favor, with the Fort Worth mayoral race featuring Democratic frontrunner Deborah Peoples, who would be the city's first Black mayor.
https://twitter.com/daveweigel/status/1388653270244028421
Lassiter is the most prominent Black woman in the TX-06 race (and the top Dem fundraiser), and her path to victory is predicated on Black voters making up a larger share of the electorate. The thinking is that Peoples' campaign could act as a force multiplier.
Was just telling @nathanlgonzales
yesterday that Trump's endorsement might actually help Democrats, if it moves soft Ellzey/Harrison voters from those two to Wright, boosting her but lowering the threshold needed to make the runoff.
yesterday that Trump's endorsement might actually help Democrats, if it moves soft Ellzey/Harrison voters from those two to Wright, boosting her but lowering the threshold needed to make the runoff.
https://twitter.com/ryanmatsumoto1/status/1388654707707580419
Was Ron Wright (R) 54% - Stephen Daniel (D) 46% in the 2020 general election.
https://twitter.com/baseballot/status/1388657643888185354
Top Democratic operative Joe Trippi, whose new group Operation 147 supported Sanchez and was one of the few outside Democratic orgs to spend in the TX-06 special >>>
https://twitter.com/JoeTrippi/status/1388659012099575814
Democrat Jana Lynne Sanchez is currently 734 votes short of a runoff spot in the TX-06 special election, a gap that has grown slightly larger over the past few minutes.
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