What Went Wrong With Battleground Texas?
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Jeremy Bird speaking at The Texas Tribune Festival on Sep. 28, 2013
Battleground Texas launched in January 2013 with the goal of turning reliably red Texas into — at minimum — a purple state where Democrats could compete. But nearly two years later, on the day after the 2014 general election, Texas looks redder than ever. What went wrong?
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