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The Democratic primary proved there is a desire in this district for a woman
leader with a sincere, authentic voice who holds the strong progressive values
of Texas Democrats in the past. Laura’s message resonated because both
Democratic and Independent voters see her as the right candidate for this
moment who can flip the Texas 7th congressional district.
Laura is a different kind of candidate. She speaks from her heart, not in
focus-group approved language. She was encouraged to run by Houstonians
and grassroots activists, not chosen by DC party insiders. Laura’s campaign is
fueled by regular people who donate their time and money, not run via the
infrastructure and funds from DC party insiders and big donors.
Inspired by progressive Texas political leaders of the past like Ann Richards,
Laura represents a break away from current political establishment politics
and a return to the politics of the people of Texas itself. Her non-establishment
status appeals to 2018 Democratic “surge” voters. Many folks are awakening to
political activism for the first time. Laura is the candidate who connects with
them because, like them, she is involved because she cares.
Laura has the authenticity, appeal, and narrative necessary to inspire voters to
show up to the polls – both in the runoff on May 22nd and in the general
election in November.
However, authenticity, appeal, and narrative are not enough to win elections.
Turnout is everything.
Hillary Clinton won the Texas 7th. This congressional district can be flipped,
but we must organize block-by-block and issue-by-issue. Despite Democratic
turnout being up 500% during the primary, a total of 5000 more Republicans
turned out to vote in that party’s primary. We must close that gap of 5000 –
and surpass it.
We have divided the calendar up to focus on the issues that matter most to
people in our district and will be providing info-rich content to make a clear
and sharp contrast between Moser and Culberson.
Electability in November will depend who can draw the strongest contrast to
Culberson and who can excite voters to turn out. Laura is that candidate for
these reasons and more:
1. Not only are there thousands of union members in this district, but labor rights
is a core principle of the party. We can’t flip TX-07 without a candidate who has
union support and who represents Democratic values by being strong on labor.
2. TX-07 wants a different kind of candidate. We have run moderate lawyers for
the past 3 cycles and yet Culberson remains in office. With victories like Doug
Jones and the huge momentum of progressive Democratic nominee, Beto
O’Rourke, Democrats are looking for a candidate who is strong on the issues
and who can bring some change.
3. Laura is the only candidate in the runoff to gain the public endorsement of one
of her former competitors. With the support of Joshua Butler, and numerous
Sanchez, Westin, Triantaphyllis voters from the primary, Laura is the candidate
to unite the broadest coalition of supporters in TX-07 during the runoff and the
general.
4. Despite record breaking Democratic turnout in the March 6 primary, a total of
5000 more Republicans turned out to vote. To beat Culberson in November, the
Democratic nominee needs to not only turnout consistent Democratic voters,
but new voters as well. Democrats are gaining strength in Texas and in District
7, but we need new voters to win and Laura’s strength on the issues, her
authenticity, and her experience has the strongest appeal to the broadest range
of voters.
Since the beginning, Laura has invested in a sophisticated field program that
connected directly with tens of thousands of voters. During the primary, we
learned a critical lessons from the voters themselves by knocking on doors of
both Democratic and non-Democratic identified voters: voters are looking for
an authentic voice whom they can trust, even if they disagree with the
candidate on a particular issue.
In addition, we saw over and over again that the most well-funded candidates
were spending their resources in conventional ways and getting unimpressive
results. Accordingly, we are deploying our resources differently. We are
focusing on comprehensive field and outreach efforts and advanced digital
programs.
Our campaign is run from Houston for Houstonians, so we are organizing and
motivating voters around the issues that matter most to them, week-by-week
and block-by-block.