Beto O'Rourke

Have you been to my door?

Have you seen the streetlight that's out on my block?

Those are the things that matter to people in their day to day life.

So it's being able to do both of those things, run a national campaign because national dollars have to flow into the state in order to win five of the most expensive media markets in America right here in Texas.

And then to win the actual voters, you've got to be in their communities, meet them where they are and reflect their concerns and their aspirations in the campaign that you run.

Some people look at Texas as a state that would be nice

to win.

To your question, this is a state that we must win if Democrats are going to be a national party.

In the 2032 presidential contest, if we have one, the Democratic nominee could win all of the so-called blue wall states.

But if they don't also win the state of Texas, there is no viable path to the White House.

After the 2030 census and the reapportionment, those states will lose population electoral college votes to the benefit of Texas and other Sunbelt states.

This is a state that we have to win.

And you cannot start working on 2032 in 2032 or even in 2030.

You have to be working on it yesterday.

And that's what so many of us have been doing.

You know, the

Senate race in 2018, the governor's race in 22, the work that we're doing on the ground, organizing with Powered by People.

This is all trying to build the voter power that I wish had existed in 2018 when I took on Cruz in that very close contest.

So, you know, you mentioned this

It's kind of a zero sum equation on national democratic dollars and where they flow.