This week — a gun control group launches new ads for Texas House candidates, a former Texas speaker weighs in on mail-in ballots, and this week’s campaign spots are compiled.
Gun Control Group Launches Texas House Ad Campaigns
The Brady PAC, a gun-control advocacy group, is partnering with One Vote at a Time TX, a group of female filmmakers who provide in-kind filmmaking to “gun sense candidates.”
According to a press release, the pairing will now result in six advertisements for each of their selected Texas House candidates created “for expanded use on social media, digital platforms, and TV.”
Altogether, 21 Democratic candidates or officeholders were selected as beneficiaries.
Incumbents:
- Erin Zwiener — HD 45
- Vikki Goodwin — HD 47
- James Talarico — HD 52
- Michelle Beckley — HD 65
- Ana-Maria Ramos — HD 102
- Rhetta Andrews Bowers — HD 113
- Jon E. Rosenthal — HD 135
- John H. Bucy III — HD 136
Candidates:
- Sarah DeMerchant — HD 26
- Likeithia “Keke” Williams — HD 54
- Sharon Hirsch — HD 66
- Lorenzo Sanchez — HD 67
- Jeff Whitfield — HD 92
- Joe Drago — HD 96
- Elizabeth Beck — HD 97
- Joanna Cattanach — HD 108
- Brandy K. Chambers — HD 112
- Celina Montoya — HD 121
- Natali Hurtado — HD 126
- Ann Johnson — HD 134
- Akilah Bacy — HD 138
“We are just nine seats away from flipping Texas to a gun violence prevention majority and we know that the stakes couldn’t be higher,” said Brian Lemek, Brady PAC executive director. “Our slate of endorsed state house candidates in Texas is one of the most diverse and impressive in the country, which is why we are so excited to help them tell their stories and support for common sense gun policies through these ads.”
