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https://youtu.be/QSe2rux4IdA

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I did some research on Konni’s finances too! Look at her endorsements!                          TEXANS FOR LAWSUIT REFORM | $55,386.50
EMPOWER TEXANS | $52,000.00
BURTON, PHILLIP G | $40,000.00
WILKS, JO ANN | $25,000.00
BENNETT, MONTGOMERY J (MONTY) | $23,500.00

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Beverly Powell (Democrat) is likely to win the race for Texas State Senate District 10. Not only is the national environment conducive to Democrats, what with the Generic Ballot (asking, “would you vote for a Democrat or Republican”) preferring Democrats by 8 points (fivethirtyeight.com 11/05/18 at 8:58am, “Are Democrats / Republicans Winning The Generic Ballot?”) - but Beverly has attracted significantly more local institutional support (beverlypowell.com 11/02/18, “Endorsements”) culminating in a likely loss for Incumbent Konni Burton. While traditionally the Incumbency Advantage - whereby both through name recognition and Franking Privileges the incumbent is more likely to win than a challenger (fairvote.com Landsman 04/17) - would lend support to Konni’s chances, an analysis from ABC’s Nate Silver found that the incumbency advantage, for a variety of reasons, is less potent this cycle (fivethirtyeight.com 10/31/18 at 5:35pm, “Politics Podcast: In Which We Argue Against Ourselves”) making the already unpopular Konni Burton (Texas Tribune, Livingston, 05/09/18) more vulnerable. Though traditionally considered a safe red State (NYT 08/01/17 at 11:22am) considering Texas State Senate District 10 is the only swing district in the Texas Senate (Dallas Morning News 09/12/18) Beverly has a good shot winning on November 6th.

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Here’s Konni’s campaign ad

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District Issues:

Education (public v private ; formula funding reform ; pre-k ; access to higher ed)

Taxes (who will make your property taxes go up)

Character (Beverly highlights Konni’s Score Card ; Konni alleges Beverly is untrustworthy and hypocritical)

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District Polling

Nothing but outdated internals

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District voted for Trump

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Powell ad: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-hN9BlC0tJQ

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Powell’s Finances

As of 07/01/18, Beverly had $140,749 in cash on hand

Among her donations (endorsements):

$15,000 from Annie’s List, a group that works to elect progressive women in Texas; (out of state)

$10,000 from Val Pelsen, a McAllen beer distributor;

$5,000 from the Fort Worth Firefighters Committee for Responsible Government.

She received donations from several education groups, including:

$10,000 from the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees; (out of state)

$5,000 from the Texas Classroom Teachers Association;

$5,000 from the Texas State Teachers Association.

Powell also received $1,000 from Libby Willis, a Fort Worth woman who won the Democratic Party’s nomination for this post in 2014 but lost the general election

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Same as it is throughout Texas. You can’t register same day, but as you as it’s before the deadline you can register:
In person at the Tarrant Count Clerk’s office or
By mail as long as you adhere to the standards laid out in either the National Voter Registration Form pf Texas Voter Registration Form - and mail that information to the Tarrant County Courthouse (or other counties as residents may be)
To register you must be
a US citizen
18 by Election Day
Not a felon
Not deemed mentally unfit

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What are the voter registration laws again?

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Also, did you know voter turnout was pretty weak last time? Look at this chart:

Texas State Senate, District 10 General Election, 2014
Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes
| Republican | Konni Burton | 52.8% | 95,532
| Democratic | Libby Willis | 44.7% | 80,872
| Libertarian | Gene Lord | 1.8% | 3,340
| Green | John Tunmire | 0.6% | 1,094
Total Votes | 180,838
That's pretty low for a population with 834,267 people.

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Hey, did you know that the people of district 10 are 47.6% white, 47.5% black/hispanic and 4.9% other?

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Well, Mrs. Powell's loud voice for better education grabs a lot of people's attention. Fort Worth Star-Telegram recommends her, and Dallas morning news also advocates for her, saying that her extensive background on the school board and in business will be an asset in legislation.

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That is impressive! Although this is first time running for State Senate, she has served as President of the Burleson School Board, and the Chair of the Texas Wesslyan Board of Trustees. Outside of public office, her record is also pretty strong. She's spent years in real estate and residential development, was named "Great Woman of Texas" by Fort Worth Business Press and was a leader of the Burleson Opportunity Fund.

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Here’s a bit about Konni:
She failed the political courage test (meaning she towes the party line)
She was endorsed by the Gun Owners of America
She was rated 100% by Young Conservatives of Texas
She was rated 100% by Texas Alliance for Life
She was endorsed by Empower Texans for Fiscal Responsibility
And Beverly?

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Konni has served on so many committees:
Natural Resources and Economic Development Committee
The Health and Human Services Committee
The Criminal Justice Committee
And serves as the Vice Chair of the Administration Comittee
What’s Beverly’s Background?

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Konni won the Republican Primary unopposed! How’d Beverly do?

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She did pretty good! She won with 62% of votes over Allison Campolo (36%)

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Beverly Powell, a native North Texan

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So I did some research, check it out - this is Konni Burton - She’s the Incumbent - who’s she running against?

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Texas State Senate District 10

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What’s it for?

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Hey, when’s the election?

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November 6