FuzzyLumpkins
03-08-2018, 09:24 PM
https://www.texastribune.org/2018/03/06/us-house-democratic-races/
Activist and journalist Laura Moser secured a spot in the party's primary runoff to take on Republican U.S. Rep. John Culberson in the fall.
She came in second, behind attorney Lizzie Pannill Fletcher, who was leading the crowded Democratic field for Congressional District 7 with 30 percent of the vote late Tuesday. Moser trailed with 24 percent of the vote.
The runoff is likely to be a brutal fight that will viscerally divide west Houston – but also the national Democratic Party. The House Democratic campaign arm took the rare step of unloading a heap of opposition research against Moser in the middle of early voting in a bid to keep her out of the runoff. Democrats locally and nationally have expressed doubts about Moser's electability in a general election, worrying that she is too liberal to carry the swing district, among other concerns.
Activist and journalist Laura Moser secured a spot in the party's primary runoff to take on Republican U.S. Rep. John Culberson in the fall.
She came in second, behind attorney Lizzie Pannill Fletcher, who was leading the crowded Democratic field for Congressional District 7 with 30 percent of the vote late Tuesday. Moser trailed with 24 percent of the vote.
The runoff is likely to be a brutal fight that will viscerally divide west Houston – but also the national Democratic Party. The House Democratic campaign arm took the rare step of unloading a heap of opposition research against Moser in the middle of early voting in a bid to keep her out of the runoff. Democrats locally and nationally have expressed doubts about Moser's electability in a general election, worrying that she is too liberal to carry the swing district, among other concerns.