Chris, JD and first-time guest host Genevieve Van Cleve convened at Texas Beer Company for a special episode of the Left in Texas Podcast. This was one messed up week in American politics. The violent rhetoric and hatred have overflown into real political violence not common in 1st World nations and democracies. On the bright side, Texans are voting in record numbers from El Paso to Southeast Texas and the latest polls show Democrats poised to take the House of Congress.

Beto mania is pushing record numbers of dollars to be spent in tight Congressional races where Texas has in the past been an ATM for both national Democrats and Republicans. We're seeing great hope and energy in candidates like Colin Allred, Joseph Kopser, Lizzie Fletcher, MJ Hegar, and others. We're also seeing newspaper endorsements for our top candidates from Beto O'Rourke challenging Ted Cruz to Justin Nelson's race against indicted AG Ken Paxton.