Democrats pump resources into Texas House races, including South San Antonio district

The Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee, which is dedicated to supporting state legislative races, is throwing support behind three Texas candidates this election cycle, including Kristian Carranza, who's running for a Texas House seat representing San Antonio's South Side. Carranza, 33, a progressive community organizer, aims to unseat Texas Rep. John Lujan in historically Democratic Texas House District 118. Lujan flipped the redrawn district for Republicans during a 2021 special election then held it during the 2022 midterms, where he won by just 52%. Carranza, who's also served as a regional director for the Democratic National Committee, told the San Antonio Report her party poured little cash into the 2022 race, allowing Lujan to benefit from major ad buys.