On Tuesday, a special election was held in Texas for an open seat in the Texas state House. The Democratic candidate, Eliz Markowitz, was supported by five people who have campaigned for the presidential nomination: Joe Biden, Elizabeth Warren, Michael Bloomberg, Julian Castro, and Beto O’Rourke, as well as former Attorney General Eric Holder. But Markowitz was decimated in the election by GOP candidate Gary Gates, losing by 16 points, and on Thursday, Texas Governor Greg Abbot exuberantly told Neil Cavuto of Fox News that despite all the support from Democratic luminaries and the fact that Democrats view Texas as the “political holy grail,” Markowitz got “creamed.”
Cavuto prompted Abbott by asking, “Why do you think Democratic candidates are focusing on Texas so much? You think it’s a matter of trying to push Republicans to drain their resources in an otherwise safe state, or they’re sensing something’s going on; it’s not just Austin, the state is turning? What do you think?”
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