Johnny Garcia Wins Texas 35th District Democratic Runoff
Garcia prevailed after national Democrats condemned Maureen Galindo’s antisemitic remarks, and an outside group spent $1 million to boost her campaign, officials said.
- On Tuesday, Democrat Johnny Garcia won the Texas 35th Congressional District Democratic primary runoff, NBC News projects, defeating Maureen Galindo, who had been condemned by party leaders for antisemitic comments.
- Galindo shocked observers by finishing first in the March 3 primary with 29% support despite raising less than $10,000, narrowly edging Garcia by just under 1,200 votes and triggering the runoff.
- After the primary, Lead Left PAC spent nearly $1 million boosting Galindo with ads framing her as a fresh face compared to 'weak Democrats.' Punchbowl News reported the PAC had links to a GOP fundraising platform.
- House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee called Galindo's language 'disqualifying,' while Garcia received endorsement from the Democratic Majority for Israel in February.
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Texas Democrat’s Extreme Rhetoric Backfires Spectacularly
Texas Democrat Maureen Galindo, a South Texas sex therapist, was defeated in her primary runoff Tuesday against Bexar County official Johnny Garcia. Galindo drew widespread condemnation from House Democrats, including Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, after suggesting ICE detention centers in the district be used as prisons for “American Zionists.” Party leaders called the remarks “vile,” “antisemitic,” and “disq…
Radical Texas Sex Therapist Who Vowed to Convert ICE Facility into Prison for American Zionists Loses Democrat Congressional Primary
A licensed sex therapist and leftist activist who called for turning a federal ICE detention center in Texas into a “prison for American Zionists,” complete with a “castration processing center for pedophiles,” lost the Democrat primary runoff for Texas’s 35th Congressional District on Tuesday. Maureen Galindo, who was running as a self-described “participatory Democrat,” lost to Bexar County Sheriff’s Office public information officer Johnny Ga…
Democrat who called to imprison 'American Zionists' loses Congressional runoff
Voters in Texas' 35th Congressional district overwhelmingly rejected the candidacy of Maureen Galindo, who peddled in tropes about Jewish money and power, going as far as calling for American Zionists to be placed in internment camps
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