Bloomberg Gun Control Group Aims At TX Lawmakers In New Ad

According to Firearm Chronicles

They did it in CA, dont let it happen in TX. You are the intended target TX.—————————————————————————Michael Bloomberg’s Everytown for Gun Safety has launched a $250,000 digital ad campaign targeting several members of Texas’ congressional delegation, in its first salvo of campaign spending designed to keep Democrats in control of the U.S. House and flip the Texas State Senate as well.

The new ads are focused on five congressional districts in the state, all of them currently held by Republicans.

The gun control group’s ads will run in districts held by Reps. Dan Crenshaw, Michael McCaul, John Carter and Chip Roy, as well as the state’s 24th Congressional District, where Beth Van Duyne is running for Congress.

The Cook Political Report rates the 24th District a “toss-up,” while McCaul’s and Roy’s seats are rated “lean Republican.” Crenshaw’s and Carter’s seats are classified as “likely Republican.” The 24th Congressional District is currently represented by Kenny Marchant, who announced last August that he wouldn’t seek re-election. The district is fairly conservative, though Democrats have made gains in recent elections. When Marchant first took office in 2004, he was elected with 64-percent of the vote. By 2018, Marchant pulled in just 50.6 percent of the vote, though he still won election in the blue wave midterms.

Beth Van Duyne, the Republican nominee in the district, is the former mayor of Irving, Texas who was appointed to a regional position in the Department of Housing and Urban Development by President Trump in 2017. Two Democrats hoping to oppose her are headed for a runoff election scheduled for July 14th, but Everytown isn’t waiting to see who the nominee is before coming out in opposition to Van Duyne’s candidacy.

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