Today the Biden administration sent a message to Texas: start getting serious about Medicaid expansion.

For the past decade, Texas has been abusing a short-term waiver to receive federal $ intended to be a bridge until the the state comes up with a long term solution.

/1 The state of Texas has never had a long term solution on Medicaid expansion or access to affordable care.

That's why they relied on multiple Obama bailouts as reported by the Texas Tribune in 2016: texastribune.org/2016/05/02/tex…

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A handful of reporters have reached out to me about Texas turnout today and I want to clear something up:

Biden did not underperform with Texas Latinos.

Dems increased vote share in Cameron, Hidalgo, Webb, and El Paso from 2016-2020.

Here we go...

#txlege #tx2020 #txdem When you look at counties with an expanded electorate, such as Latino-majority counties, it's important to consider the actual vote share and *not just the percentage.*

Good morning! Anything big happen yesterday? lol

Ok here are some thoughts from Texas...

#txlege #tx2020 #txdem #txsen #turntexasblue #progresstexas @ProgressTX Biden got 5.2 million votes in Texas, which adds 1.3 mil from 2016. The last three presidential margins here:

2012 = 12 points
2016 = 9 points
2020 = 6 points

The revolution will not happen overnight, but it will happen over time.

Here's what we're watching in Texas:

- Will turnout reach 11 million? 12 million?

- Dems need 9 seats for a majority in the 150-seat legislature

- Dems need 5 seats for a majority in the congressional delegation

#txlege #txdem #txsen #tx2020 #TurnTexasBlue

/1 Key counties to watch in Texas:

Big urban counties are also base Democratic:

Bexar (San Antonio)
Dallas
El Paso
Harris (Houston)
Tarrant (Fort Worth)
Travis (Austin)

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THREAD: New Texas presidential poll of 1,045 likely Democratic primary voters. Commissioned by @ProgressTX with @ppppolls, conducted Feb. 24th & 25th via phone and text. Margin of error +/- 3%. To get data this quickly we had to keep it short. Here we go... 1/10 @ProgressTX @ppppolls Super Tuesday is the first time Bloomberg will be on the ballot, we wanted to see how his appearance impacts the race. So we asked voters their preferences with and without Bloomberg. We also tested approval/disapproval ratings and top issue. 2/10

Texas Elections Thread #txlege #tx2019 On the ballot tonight: 3 special elections for the State Legislature, the Houston mayor's race, and 10 statewide constitutional amendments. Also a ton of municipal elections (both candidate and initiative).