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The Socialist Party of Texas (SPTX) is a democratic socialist political party in the U.S. state of Texas. It is the state chapter of the Socialist Party USA. It was founded in 1906 as an affiliate of the Socialist Party of America. In 1912, the SPTX effectively tied the Republican and Progressive Parties in votes.
In their book, Texas Politics Today 2009-2010, authors Maxwell, Crain, and Santos attribute Texas' traditionally low voter turnout among whites to these influences. [4] But beginning in the early 20th century, voter turnout was dramatically reduced by the state legislature's disenfranchisement of most blacks, and many poor whites and Latinos.
However, the narrow definition of "communist", added in 1993 as Section 557.021, as "a person who commits an act reasonably calculated to further the overthrow of the government, by force or violence or by unlawful or unconstitutional means and replace it with a communist government" at least opened the window for a non-violent, non-criminal ...
Although our list of socialist candidates in the 2024 election included fewer total candidates than in 2018, 2020, or 2022, this does not necessarily mean that socialism is on the decline in the ...
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The deadline for filing closed at 6 p.m. Monday, with a list of candidate-hopefuls posted on the Texas Secretary of State website. They include countywide elections, as well as races for state ...
Expelled following Texas's secession from the U.S. 1862 Nathan G. Shelley (D) American Civil War: American Civil War/no delegations seated: 1863 Pendleton Murrah (D) [d] Fletcher Stockdale (D) Stephen Crosby (D) 1864 Benjamin E. Tarver (D) no electors counted: 1865 Fletcher Stockdale (D) [b] vacant: William Alexander (U) Willis L. Robards (D ...
Members of the Democratic Socialists of America from Texas (2 P) Pages in category "Texas socialists" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total.