Architect of 2010 GOP House takeover in danger of losing reelection

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https://www.politico.com/story/2018/07/27/pete-sessions-texas-house-trump-democrats-wave-743756

DALLAS — The man who engineered the 2010 Republican takeover of the House is racing to save himself in his own election this year — and he admits, in so many words, that
President Donald Trump isn’t helping.

Texas Rep. Pete Sessions, a longtime party leader and former House GOP campaign chief, is confronting a treacherous political landscape back at home — a well-funded Democratic
opponent with a boffo résumé, a rapidly diversifying and more liberal district, and, perhaps most critically, a constituency of well-educated and upper-income suburban voters who
increasingly are turning on the president.

In Texas alone, Democrats are targeting three Republican incumbents who’ve been in office for over a decade. It’s a far cry from 2010, when Sessions, then the National Republican
Congressional Committee chairman, helped to orchestrate a historic 63-seat wave that catapulted his party into power.

Sessions took a startlingly aggressive approach to target powerful Democrats long seen as politically untouchable, recruiting challengers against powerful committee chairmen
and other veteran lawmakers who hadn’t faced tough races in years. Many were caught flat-footed and either lost their races or chose not to seek reelection.

The prospect of exacting revenge on the Texas congressman has thrilled national Democrats. A super PAC allied with House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi plans to spend over $2
million on TV ads in support of Sessions’ opponent, Colin Allred, a former NFL player-turned-attorney and ex-Obama administration official. Major party figures, including former
Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick and former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julián Castro, are flooding into the district to campaign with the 35-year-old upstart.

But Allred hinted at another strategy: Winning over traditional Republicans who felt disillusioned with the president.

“I think if you are a George W. Bush Republican, you don’t see yourself in this version of the Republican Party led by Donald Trump,” said Allred,

Last week, Congressional Leadership Fund, a deep-pocketed super PAC closely aligned with House Speaker Paul Ryan, opened a field office in the district. The group is planning to air a
wave of commercials this fall boosting the imperiled Sessions.

“Pete Sessions will not be outspent,” said Corry Bliss, the super PAC’s president. “Period. End of statement.” During the last fundraising quarter, however, Allred outraised Sessions by
nearly $400,000.

The district went Clinton in 2016

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He lost to Colin Allred.

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Did this guy find a Monkey's Paw and ask for the house electoral map to go "all red" or something?