George Soros group is funneling millions into this big red state in hopes of turning it blue

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Source: The Independent

Monday 09 June 2025 11:02 EDT


A group backed by billionaire financier George Soros plans to spend millions in an effort to move Texans to vote for Democratic candidates in the reliably red state, The Wall Street Journal reports. Texas Majority PAC, a political action committee backed by Soros, plans to launch Blue Texas initiative alongside the Texas Democratic Party.

The initiative hopes to organize tens of thousands of volunteers, recruit candidates and increase voter turnout. Texas Democrats have failed to win a statewide office since 1994. In 2024, Sen. Ted Cruz won re-election by double digits and President Donald Trump won the Texas by more than 13 points. That came after Joe Biden only lost Texas by about 5.6 points.

Democrats had previously hoped that the state’s growing Hispanic population would lead to Texas becoming the next state they could pick off. But in 2024, support for the Democrats collapsed in heavily Hispanic areas in the Rio Grande Valley. “If a win is on the table in 2026, we don’t want to leave it there by not being organized,” Katherine Fischer, deputy executive director of Texas Majority PAC, told The Journal.

The loss in 2024 came despite the Texas Majority PAC, the state Democratic Party and county parties under the Blue Texas umbrella spending $35 million. Democrats face major uphill battles in the 2026 midterm elections. Republican Gov. Greg Abbott will likely run for a fourth term and likely win re-election handily. But the state party believes they have a chance to compete in the state’s upcoming Senate race. Sen. John Cornyn, who has held Texas’s senior seat since 2002, faces a primary challenge from Ken Paxton, Texas’ attorney general.

Read more: https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/george-soros-democrats-texas-spending-b2766491.html

[LetMyPeopleVote]

1. Flip: Dems bombard Republican heartland with new multi-million dollar blitz

This makes me smile

Democrats are launching an effort "to turn Texas into a political battleground," according to the Wall Street Journal.

— Raw Story (@rawstory.com) 2025-06-09T12:00:19Z

https://www.rawstory.com/texas-blue-2672333970/

Democrats are launching an effort “to turn Texas into a political battleground,” according to the Wall Street Journal.

Launching Monday, the “Blue Texas” initiative is attempting to turn the notoriously red state into a battleground region.

The Texas Majority PAC is “aiming to organize tens of thousands of volunteers, recruit candidates, and boost turnout ahead of the 2026 midterm elections,” the Journal said.

The report also noted the PAC is receiving millions of dollars from megadonor George Soros.

The state was a democratic stronghold until the 1980s. Republicans have won the Lone Star State in every presidential election since then. Last year, President Donald Trump beat out former Vice President Kamala Harris by 14 points.

The last Democratic senator to win the State was Lloyd Benstein. He served the state from 1971 until 1993 and left the Senate after President Bill Clinton appointed him to be Treasury Secretary.

The outlet also added that Democrats “haven’t won a statewide election since 1994.”

“If a win is on the table in 2026, we don’t want to leave it there by not being organized,” Katherine Fischer, the deputy executive director of Texas Majority PAC, told the outlet.

The Journal said the long-term goal of “Blue Texas is to make Texas a battleground state by 2032.

“There is no choice for Texas or for anyone else in the country who wants to see a Democrat in the White House after 2032 but to find a pathway through Texas,” Fischer said.

[SARose]

2. Doin the happy dance!

Cornyn appears to be seriously underwater in the polls.

Who will energize Dems and independents to take the little weasel to the woodshed? Hmmmmm

[mopinko]

3. i hope they're careful what they say about guns.

imho, beto was sunk when he said- hell yes, i want to take your ak47.
careful wd b citing polls that say ppl want ‘common sense gun reform’. not generally in favor of poll testing every position, but on this, tread lightly.

[Bayard]

4. That's putting your money where your mouth is

Kudo's to Mr. Soros.

[highplainsdem]

5. Very good news!

[ananda]

6. I've been complaining about the Texas Dem groundgame for years.

It really has been pathetic.

I hope this Soros-backed effort helps!

[CNYHarris]

7. Wrong state for Soros to get involved in, this is raw meat for RW extremists in Texas

This makes "Soros into the controller of Democrats", as the social media pretends. Texas is about to flip blue because of the Hispanic deportations. Get Soros out of there.

Get Soros involved in Left Coast and East Coast funding of safer elections.

[CNYHarris]

8. If Soros wants to spend millions

Spend millions to pay for real ID for the poor urban communities in the swing states. Get Hollywood actors to donate to this to get 100% of Democratic voters having a ID to vote.

It would draw nonsense conspiracy theories, though it would destroy the Republicans suppression of voters in voter purges and rejection of votes based on no real ID or passport.

I would first do this in Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania where the governors would support this effort. Then move to the South.

[Luciferous]

9. In WI, you can get a free ID card for voting