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Dominating with men
There is no question why former President Donald Trump is leading Vice President Kamala Harris in Texas.
Men.
While Trump is winning 53% of men nationwide, in Texas his support from men jumps to 57%, according to a new New York Times/Siena poll released this week.
Meanwhile, 50% of Texas women are supporting Harris compared to 56% of women nationwide.
It's not just one poll either. A Marist University poll of Texas voters showed a similar divide with 58% of men supporting Trump with 52 percent of women backing Harris.
While the Harris campaign might not be worried about winning Texas, the gender dynamic playing out in battleground states clearly has them concerned. On Thursday they had former President Barack Obama in Pennsylvania making a direct appeal to Black men to support Harris.
And this weekend, they are dispatching running mate Tim Walz on what Politico called a "man-focused media blitz" that was going to include him doing football-focused TV interviews and going pheasant hunting with social media influencers.
 | Jeremy Wallace, Texas politics reporter |
Who's up, who's down
Up: Dallas Cowboys.
There is no question that a Cowboys football game in Dallas is the most expensive territory in Texas politics, at least when it comes to political advertising. U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz is spending $171,000 to run a single 30-second ad during the Cowboys game on Sunday in Dallas, according to invoices submitted to the Federal Communications Commission. That is more than double the $80,000 it is costing him and Democrat Colin Allred each to advertise during a Texans game in Houston, and it dwarfs any college football game in the state.
Down: FEMA.
While officials have stressed that the federal government has enough funds to address immediate needs that have risen from hurricanes Milton and Helene, the Federal Emergency Management Agency's disaster relief fund has been dwindling quickly as the agency has had to address two devastating hurricanes in quick succession. And hurricane season still has 50 more days to go. "We're going to be going to the Congress. We're going to need a lot of help," Biden warned Friday.
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Photo by: Ethan E. Rocke/Contributor
Of all the Texas House races this year, this contest in San Antonio is one of the most intriguing. State Rep. John Lujan, a Republican, is trying to hold onto a seat that Democrats see as one of their best chances to flip a seat their way. Reporter Edward McKinley writes about how Democrat Kristian Carranza has focused her message on expanding healthcare access, including pressing for the state to remove its ban on abortions and to expand Medicaid to insure more low-income adults
What else I'm reading
Yellowstone creator Taylor Sheridan and actor Dennis Quaid, a Houston native, testified before the Texas Senate Finance Committee this week pushing to boost the state's film incentive program. Sheridan, who grew up in Fort Worth, said the incentive program has allowed him to film some of his productions in Texas. The Dallas Morning News reported that his hit Western Yellowstone and its prequel 1883 filmed at his ranch in Weatherford.
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