Beto O'Rourke: “Seventeen black women won election to judicial positions in…”

“I mentioned James Talarico won in that year, but so did 11 other insurgent Democrats who defeated incumbent Republicans for the state House. Seventeen black women won election to judicial positions in Harris county, home to Houston, Texas, the most diverse city in America, literally changing the face of criminal justice. And from our efforts those years, you've seen candidates, volunteers, campaign managers, people who are working on these critically important elections right now. So that was a lesson to me that the work matters.” (46:47–46:58)

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