Incumbent Democrat Who Voted to Ban Gender-Affirming Care in Texas Loses Primary
Incumbent Democrat Who Voted to Ban Gender-Affirming Care in Texas Loses Primary
Shawn Thierry lost to Lauren Ashley Simmons, a queer union organizer endorsed by influential LGBTQ organizations.
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If Democrats want change, this is how to do it:
- Win general elections; vote blue no matter who. 2 Primary out the corporatist candidates every chance there is, right down to the level of school trustee.
This actually works, as we've seen with the GOP and their turn to rabid fascism. It can also work for good.
This is hard in some races. I just had to do a bunch of digging to figure out which state supreme court candidates were secretly Republicans because they're all required to run as unaffiliated and pretend not to be biased. So they all make the same damn comments about judicial overreach but one is talking about preserving our democracy by preventing it and one is talking about imploding our democracy by doing it. My head hurts but I figured it out omfg.
That's great to hear! Few people vote in those elections so your informed vote matters much more.
I mean it's only the primary I hope people actually vote in the general? But it's incredibly frustrating to vote for judges. As if we're all so stupid as to think they're above political bias in this day and age.
This is why I'm opposed to having elected judges, or a large number of elected offices in general. We should not depend on a handful of people who do an unreasonable amount of homework against an army of people who vote based on feels.
Win general elections; vote blue no matter who.
Staunchly supporting Henry Cuellar and Bob Menendez during the general and then getting very confused when my party loses in a landslide two years later.