The Democratic National Committee is providing $140,000 to help Texas Democrats boost voter turnout in the November general election.
“Texas firmly holds a spotlight within the national political arena,” Texas Democratic Party Chairman Gilberto Hinojosa said in a statement. “This partnership makes one thing very clear: Texas will play a huge role in the Democratic Party’s goal of securing victories up and down the ballot in 2024.”
The grant brings the DNC’s total investment in Texas this year to more than $515,000, according to DNC Chairman Jaime Harrison.
“The DNC is committed to re-electing President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, and, as President Biden has made clear since his inauguration, Democrats must also win up and down the ballot and strengthen organizing across all fifty states,” Harrison said in a statement.
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The Democratic National Committee has considered winning the presidential race in Texas a longshot, so, for most cycles, it has not invested much money or resources in the state. National Democrats have followed their lead, with out-of-state candidates traveling to Texas to raise campaign dollars to use outside the state.
In 2020, Biden committed to provide resources to help Texas Democrats in that year’s general election but did not follow through.
Biden and Harrison were in Dallas for two March fundraisers, collecting more than $4.5 million.
Considering that total alone, the DNC’s Texas investment is minor. Still, Harrison said, it shows Texas is a priority for the party.
“Today’s announced investment in the Texas State Democratic Party shows that priority in action,” he said in the statement.
Hinojosa was happy to get the money.
“This investment will allow us to strategically organize in every corner of Texas so we can continue meeting voters where they are in order to reelect President Joe Biden, elect Colin Allred and get every Democrat down the ballot into office,” he said.