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Beto O'Rourke: “In Texas, for example, one of the key battleground states…”

Featuring: Beto O'Rourke, Democratic | Former Candidate, Governor of Texas

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'If Trump wins mid-terms, IT'S GAME OVER' - top democrat says democracy at stake

Published | Video Starts at 17:29

I think those are the lessons that I've Learned, certainly from 2024 and other mistakes that we've made. But look, we, we have an extraordinary situation right now where In Texas, for example, one of the key battleground states going into this midterm, you have, for the first time in 50 years, a Democrat running for every state House seat. There are 150 of them in Texas, every congressional seat, all 38, every open state senate seat. There are 16 of them. We are literally fighting on every front. (17:29–17:41)

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Asserts that Democrats are contesting every state House seat in Texas for the first time in 50 years.

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