TX-07: Fletcher shrugs off Hunt's late fundraising surge
Democrats, encouraged by President Donald Trump’s flagging approval and the emphasis on health care in this year’s election, have grown confident in U.S. Rep. Lizzie Fletcher’s re-election odds, though a recent fundraising surge by Republican Wesley Hunt has injected some concern into the battleground Houston race.
Fletcher, a Houston Democrat who unseated Republican John Culberson in 2018, entered her first re-election cycle widely viewed as one of the country’s most vulnerable House members. Now in the homestretch, she expressed confidence in winning another term in the once-reliably Republican district.
“I hear from Republicans in the middle that they feel politically homeless right now,” Fletcher said. “What they want is responsible governance and what they see is that is what Democrats are doing.”
It’s a confidence shared by outside groups, including the Democratic House Majority PAC, which the Texas Tribune reported shifted money to a nearby race anchored in Fort Bend County.
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