Beto O'Rourke: “James Talarico defeated an incumbent state House Republican…”

“Colin Allred, who defeated Pete Sessions in that year. Lizzie Panel Fletcher won a congressional seat against an entrenched, well funded incumbent in Southeast Texas. And James Talarico defeated an incumbent state House Republican [in 2018]. in that year. It was a sea change for Texas. And David, the response from the governor, Greg Abbott, and the Republican legislature was to make it even harder for people to vote in Texas.” (13:51–13:58)

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