@USelaine@mastodon.online @heidilifeldman@mastodon.social Yes, yes, yes. LOTS of judicial seats were on the ballot this election in my district, and I was all over that thing. Lots of dems running for office in a county that's been red as hell my whole life. I'm SO glad I went to vote (forgot it was a midterm and that's why I was able to get in so quickly). The "Moral Majority" crap from the 1980s still holds a stranglehold in these parts the way folks act; it's no wonder fearmongering republican messages have basically been the main page of the playbook (and in some elections, the ONLY page). I had to snicker when I saw all those political ads the past few months at work because the republican ads were always the same: fear, fear, fear! It was all fear about trans folks in locker rooms and taxes going up that I saw on TV. They couldn't even post ads about Paxton or Abbott's record and how much it benefited Texas. the only ads I saw about those two were testimonials from family members about what good men they were and how proud they were of their public service. Yeah, it was time for a change.