The 5-Minute Fix: Is there a blue wave in Texas? Not so fast.
Democracy Dies in Darkness Keeping up with politics is easy now By Amber Phillips I'm not saying Texas will be one of the states to watch in November's battle for control of Congress. But right now, it's the only state Democrats can watch as the party looks for swells that could turn into a wave to carry it to control of the U.S. House of Representatives. So, did any evidence of an impending Democratic wave materialize? It depends how you want to interpret Tuesday's primary in Texas, the first of the 2018 congressional midterm elections. Good news for Democrats in Texas: 1 million voted in the primary. That's the highest Democratic turnout for a midterm primary in 16 years. Democratic turnout was 100 percent higher than 2014 levels, and Republican turnout ticked up just a bit, points out Republican strategist Brendan Steinhauser. But: Some Democrats were predicting they would equal GOP turnout, and they fell short of that. ...