After Democrats in the Texas Senate tried—and failed—to stop a vote approving a Republican bill redrawing the state’s congressional maps, state Sen. Borris Miles (D-Houston) delivered a fiery message to voters.
The Senate vote, though, is moot as Democrats blocked the bill in the state House. Gov. Greg Abbott has promised to call another special session to pass the measure.
Marcos Vélez—a labor leader from Houston—is running for Lt. Gov., a role he says hasn’t represented real working class Texans for far too long.
Does Republican Gov. Greg Abbott’s view of Texas reflect most Texans’ reality?
WATCH: Democratic US Senate nominee James Talarico calls out Republican Sen. John Cornyn and Attorney General Ken Paxton, for their “control, cruelty, and corruption,” during the Dallas County Democratic Party Convention on Saturday.
Talarico will face one of the two candidates in the general election on Nov. 3.
