National Democrats are targeting two state legislative races in San Antonio, Texas House District 118 and Texas House District 121, as part of their efforts to win back power in Washington D.C.

Local Angle

The Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee has added Texas to its list of spending targets, with roughly $50 million to spend in 2026. Texas House District 118 is considered one of Democrats’ best prospects to flip if the party has a good year.

Incumbent state Rep. John Lujan (R-San Antonio) left the seat to run for Congress this year, and Republicans chose a much more conservative replacement in first-time candidate Jorge Borrego. He’ll go up against Democrat Kristian Carranza, who raised more money than any first-time state House candidate in Texas history when she ran against Lujan two years ago.

Broader Implications

The DLCC is working with the campaign arm of the Texas House’s Democratic caucus, which on its own doesn’t have much money to spend, but will now set the spending priorities for a budget buoyed by national money.

State Rep. Christina Morales (D-Houston), who chairs the Texas House Democratic Campaign Committee, said the DLCC hasn’t committed a specific dollar amount to Texas races, but noted that the urgency to flip seats in the Texas Legislature has risen as a priority the more that body’s work impacts national politics.

Original reporting: San Antonio Report — read the source article.