Thursday, June 10, 2021

GOP Win Key Texas Mayoral Races -- June 10, 2021

A reader's e-mail to me regarding the recent election results in which voters voted for a Republican mayor in four cities:

So far, Texas Monthly magazine is ignoring the GOP wins.  It'll be interesting to see their view.  They have some great writers, but the editorial slant is sure "Turn Texas Blue"

There's all kinds of Republicans ...McCain, Murkowski, Romney on the low end of my regard... and I don't know Villalobos' record.  But, just his win in McAllen is unthinkable as any kind of Republican.  That is a powerhouse trade area.  They have a mall, LaPlaza, that led the nation in sales per square foot for years, improbable as that may seem.  Last I saw, McAllen was in the top 20 of all cities nationwide for sales tax collected.  

Any allegiance, whatsoever, with someone who's a longtime Republican makes me blink rapidly.  This is when I [regret being retired], I'd love to call a few buddies and see how the retail and commercial markets are doing there - and if they had any insights.



So, yeah, Ft Worth and Arlington are far bigger cities, but neither of those shocked me as much as McAllen.  Both of them combined didn't shock me as much as McAllen.


Biden won the county by 17 points, but the US Rep Dem Gonzalez barely won, so that should be an interesting 2022 race

Texas-sized Warning for House Democrats
MAGGIE ABBOUD | JUNE 7, 2021

House Democrats should be very concerned today.

Over the weekend, Republicans flipped the mayorship in McAllen, TX for the first time ever. The city is an 85% Hispanic border community.

McAllen is also in the heart of vulnerable Democrat Vicente Gonzalez’s district, who is a top NRCC target after barely winning reelection last cycle.

NRCC Comment: “Vicente Gonzalez should be having nightmares about how doomed his reelection hopes are. Texas voters want nothing to do with Democrats’ socialist agenda that has created a crisis along the southern border, wants to raise taxes on middle-class workers and plans to defund the police.” – NRCC Spokeswoman Torunn Sinclair


Hidalgo County has voted D for President since 2000, but you can see how Trump had a big up bump in 2020!!!!!!!.  (;>)  That's after all that very visible beautiful wall building - (;>)  Wow!  Hillary had won by 40 points in the county.  So, after 4 years of Trump, they really liked what he delivered.  Powerful graphic.


Ah - I'd mentioned that the mayoral loser was a woman named Whitacre, but she's from the strong Dem Vela family ... I knew one relative was a US Rep, but didn't realize he was freshly appointed Vice Chair of the Dem National Committee.  Slap in the face.



I'm sure smiling as I unearth this stuff.  Nothing's inspiring poetry, however.  Whew!



Well, wait a minute....  Apologies to Marty Robbins

Out in the South Texas town of McAllen
The Democrats lost big - surprisingly so

Vamanos Vela, Kamala and Biden
Trump built a wall, and Adios Joe

To be continued (;>)  

Right now my brain has segued into "Cielito Lindo" and I don't know who wrote it.

Ai yi yi yi
Viva El Donald
He's sure not a Commie
He built a big wall
Nice job there Tommy
Made Democrats fall

Ai yi yi yi

That's enough of that.


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