The darlings of the Texas Democratic Party ? Mayor Juli?n Castro, U.S. Rep. Joaqu?n Castro and state Sen. Wendy Davis ? appear on the cover of the August edition of Texas Monthly Magazine as part of a story questioning whether the Lone Star State really can return to its bygone shade of blue.
Receiving special billing are the ?rogue red and apple green? Mizuno Wave Rider running shoes Davis donned during her 11-hour filibuster that made her a household name overnight last month.
Under the headline, ?The Life and Death (and Life?) of the Party? the lengthy cover story was penned by Robert Draper, a contributor to both Texas Monthly and the New York Times Magazine. The piece covers a lot of territory, reaching back decades to recount Texas' slog of moving from a Democratic stronghold to reliably red.
Draper asks the question: ?Can Wendy Davis, the Castro brothers, and Team Obama's vaunted field operation return their party to power? And if they can't, can anyone??
The Castros maintain they have no designs on statewide office, now. Davis and the Democratic effort in Texas have posted attention-getting numbers in campaign and expenditure reports this week.
Davis, who plans fund-raising stops in Washington, D.C., next week, has raised nearly $1 million post-filibuster. Battleground Texas, a Democratic engine created to flip Texas to blue, reported raising more than $1 million since its debut in February.
Republicans are winning the numbers game with solid majorities in the House, Senate and a firm grip on all statewide offices. Just-announced Republican gubernatorial candidate Greg Abbott in particular is way ahead in fund-raisiing. Abbott reported a campaign account of $18 million in January and added another $4 million in the July 15 report.
For fans of the Castro brothers, whose national profiles hit fever pitch last year when the elder twin (Juli?n) presented the keynote address on the opening night of the Democratic National Convention, the most exciting element of the piece will be the photography. On the cover, the fairly serious-looking trio stands together ? Davis flanked on either side by a Castro twin.
Other photos show a more jovial crew, including one shot wherein Davis has her hand on Juli?n's back. In another, the brothers have ditched their suit jackets and done their best to add some years to their 38-year-old faces.
Juli?n says unequivocally in the piece ? as he has a number of times already in the Express-News ? that he has no intention to seek the governor's mansion in 2014.
The story opaquely implies that Joaqu?n could challenge Sen. Ted Cruz in 2018 and says that the state senator from Fort Worth is the politician most likely to take on the risk for an unlikely gubernatorial win.
jbaugh@express-news.net
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