May 27, 2020      7:13 PM

Updated: National GOP group unveils plan to take back at least 6 Texas House seats won by Democrats last cycle

Joe Straus, Karl Rove part of the effort to also defend GOP Supreme Court Justices; Democrats say Republicans will really be on defense all through 2020 in Texas

Editor’s note: This story is updated to include comment from the Texas House Democratic Campaign Committee – SB

The Republican State Leadership Committee, where former Speaker Joe Straus was recently added to the board, on Wednesday unveiled what the group called in a press release an “offensive” strategy to try to win back six Texas House seats held by Democrats now but won by President Donald Trump in 2016. The announcement also put an emphasis on defending GOP members of the Texas Supreme Court, four of whom are on the ballot this fall.

Democrats were quick to argue that Republicans can say they’re going on offense all they want, but the 2018 election cycle proved the majority party is “going to be on the defense in 2020.”

“Texas state House seats like districts 65, 132, and 135 represent just a few targets for Republicans to win key flips and hold their legislative majorities to protect Texans from liberal gerrymandering after the next Census,” the group said.

Just so you don’t have to look them up, here are the six seats held by freshman Texas House Democrats in districts won by President Trump in ’16:

By Scott Braddock

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