Jerry Ford Jr.

I was quoted today in an article about the Texas Senate race. Not only can a Black woman win this seat, Black women are the heartbeat of Democratic politics in Texas, home to the largest Black population in the country.

“People forget that Beto’s near-upset of Ted Cruz in 2018 was not driven only from the top of the ticket. A huge share of that turnout and margin came from an EXTRAORDINARY number of strong Black women running in local races, especially in the major cities, who pulled voters to the polls and lifted the statewide ticket with them,” Jerry Ford, Jr., an attorney and graduate of University of Houston, wrote on Threads and shared with The Barbed Wire. Ford pointed out that 17 Democratic Black women made history that year by winning judicial seats in Harris County with a campaign they called “Black Girl Magic Texas.”

“That matters because in the state with the largest Black population in the country, ignoring the real voting engine in a statewide race is a strategic mistake.”

Jasmine Crockett Was Asked About Her ‘Electability’ Again. Some Say That’s Just a ‘Pretext’ for Race. Crockett and state House Rep. James Talarico faced off in their first U.S. Senate primary debate on Saturday.