Wayne Thorburn served as executive director of the Texas Republican Party from 1977 to 1983. He is the author of the book Red State: An Insider’s Story of How the GOP Came to Dominate Texas, which was published in September.
While I hate giving advice to the opposition, if the Democrats are going to once again be dominant, reconstructing the grass roots of the party is essential.
The overriding uncertainty for the 2016 primaries in a state without party registration is not how many will vote but in which political party’s primary they will participate.
With the distinction between the two political parties now clearer than ever, voting a straight ticket is a reasonable response to the number of choices voters today must make.
The endless speculation over what a majority-Hispanic population will mean for Texas politics has largely ignored the fact that several decades from now, “Hispanic” may not mean what it does today.
