Monahorns
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The big sign that things had changed was Diana Maldonado getting elected to the Texas House in 2008) from a formerly conservative district (right after I got married and moved to Round Rock). Larry Gonzales (R) took it back in '10, and the 2011 redistricting made the district more Republican. However, the swing to the left continued, and by 2018, it had gone far enough to elect James Talarico (who's worse than Maldonado was). Furthermore, the Western Wilco district (Cedar Park and Leander) elected John Bucy (D). He's about as liberal as Talarico but less of a sanctimonious *******, so the GOP leadership targeted Talarico by gutting his district and dumping a bunch of Round Rock into Bucy's district. That's good, but the damage is done. Wilco now has a pretty safe Democratic district, and to a great extent, it's because of Round Rock.
I am in Talarico's district. What a loser. We have a female Republican running against him next time. We'll see if that helps them get more votes. Probably not.