Many Texas counties broke records throughout the first few days of early voting, including some of the state’s most populous counties, which crushed first-day early voting records.
Texas is home to one of the most-watched, most-expensive Senate races in the nation between Rep. James Talarico and Attorney General Ken Paxton. Early voting began one week ago, and only five days remain for Texas voters to head to the polls. Early voting runs until Oct. 30 and Election Day is Nov. 3.
Dallas County
Dallas County, with 1.4 million registered voters, surpassed its first-day voting record by nearly 35%, casting 76,075 ballots last Monday. That turnout beats the 56,431 votes cast on opening day of the 2024 presidential election.
“We knocked on apartment doors other campaigns have ignored for years. We filled two offices with campaign staff, literature and yard signs. We put our precinct chairs to work in every corner of this county. Dallas County Democrats came to win this election, and day one proves we are ready,” Kardal Coleman, Chair of the Dallas County Democratic Party, said in a press release…