Are we seeing signs of a Democratic wave in the primaries? | Jill Abramson
It’s thrilling to see signs of a Trump rebellion – it could lead to winning control of the House, and maybe the 2020 election
by Jill Abramson
Mar 07, 2018
4 minutes
With new Democratic voters racing to the polls in big numbers in Tuesday’s primaries, Texas is looking purple rather than Republican red. That’s big news, especially on the heels of Democrats winning recently in Alabama, where Doug Jones beat Roy Moore, and Virginia, where Democrat Ralph Northam was elected governor.
Though their optimism may be premature, national Democrats think Ted Cruz can be defeated in November by a well-funded liberal House member from El Paso with the name of Beto O’Rourke, who just won his state’s Democratic Senate nomination.
Republican gloom in Washington DC is palpable, with , Donald Trump’s sinking approval
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