The stakes were particularly high for the 2020 elections, and not just for the presidency. At the state-level, some of the most closely watched races were Democratic efforts to flip swing state legislatures blue and take control of the upcoming redistricting process.
Flip Texas Blue Fund
Texas Committee
$10,040Cash on Hand
$77,658Total Contributions
$123,722Total Expenditures
Financial Activity
Top Contributors
Total Contributions | Name |
|---|---|
| $5,035.00 | Mitzie Twombly |
| $3,525.00 | Ellen Stone Belic |
| $2,200.00 | Patricia Nakaoki |
| $1,020.00 | Lois Siegel |
| $925.00 | Sarah Hoagland |
| $713.00 | Michael Rosenthal |
| $500.00 | Charlotte Payton-Ross |
| $500.00 | Gilbert Pilgram |
| $500.00 | Paul Dooley |
| $455.00 | Travis Bussell |
Top Payees
Total Expenditures | Payee |
|---|---|
| $90,245.52 | Van Ness Creative Strategies |
| $10,000.00 | Elizabeth M Beck |
| $10,000.00 | Slingshot Strategies LLC |
| $5,000.00 | Mitzie Twombly |
| $2,961.54 | ActBlue Texas |
| $1,500.00 | Emily Englander |
| $1,500.00 | Emily Englander |
| $1,000.00 | Gina Ortiz Jones Campaign |
| $279.00 | Norma Waterman |
| $183.50 | Amalgamated Bank |
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The most closely watched battle in Texas state-level politics is the effort by Democrats to flip the Texas House to blue this November. If Democrats can hold the 12 seats they gained in 2018 and take nine more, they will control the Texas House for the first time in more than two decades. The upcoming redistricting process, set to happen in 2021, redraws the legislative maps for both state and federal legislatures and makes this election even more consequential.
Two weeks ago, Transparency USA reported about Forward Majority, a national political action committee (PAC) targeting the Texas House and several other state legislatures with the intent of flipping control to the Democrats ahead of the 2021 redistricting process.