Happy Thanksgiving

I hope everyone will be able to gather with friends and family this year to give thanks for all our many blessings. No matter the hardships or travails we may have experienced this year, it is important to not lose sight of all there is to be thankful for. Simply living in the United States and the great state of Texas is a gift that many of us can take for granted. There is food when we go to the store and heat in our homes. We don't wake up to sounds of bombs exploding or have armies fighting in our cities. Many in our world are not so lucky and for this alone I am grateful.

If you are fortunate enough to be sharing Thanksgiving with loved ones, or perhaps you will be having a simple meal, I hope you have time for some peaceful reflection.

God bless you and have a Happy Thanksgiving! 

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"Our message of prosperity, security, and opportunity prevailed. Families from all backgrounds and all walks of life voted Republican in this election because they know that freedom matters. The future is bright. This Republican Congress will fight to lower costs, support our police, secure our border, and put a check on Joe Biden's disastrous agenda. After years of Democrat failure, Republicans will get our country back on track.”

- RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel

2022 Midterm Elections

Despite Nancy Pelosi saying in September that Democrats would pick up seats, Republicans have WON and gained the House majority.

What you need to know:

• Republicans have reached a 218 majority in the House and there are still seats yet to be called. The GOP majority will only grow. 
• Republicans have flipped the House for the third time since 1954.
• These Republican victories are built upon success we saw in 2020 when we netted 14 seats.  
• Republicans made inroads in the Northeast including picking up Congressional districts in New York.
• Voters elected Mike Lawler and defeated DCCC Chair Sean Patrick Maloney. Maloney became the first DCCC Chair to lose since 1980.
• Republicans swept all four congressional races on Long Island.
• Ohio is a red state. Republicans swept all statewide offices, won all three State Supreme Court races, and expanded our supermajority in the State House and Senate.  
• Florida is firmly a Republican state.
• For the first time since the post-Civil War Reconstruction era Democrats will hold no statewide elected office.
• Florida Governor Ron DeSantis became the first Republican gubernatorial candidate to win Miami-Dade County in two decades.
• Candidates from all backgrounds won seats in races across the country including: 
• Hispanic candidates including Anna Paulina Luna (FL-13), Juan Ciscomani (AZ-06), Lori Chavez-DeRemer (OR-05) and Monica De La Cruz (TX-15).
• Black candidates including Wesley Hunt (TX-38) and John James (MI-10).
• Female candidates including Katie Britt (AL), Anna Paulina Luna (FL-13), Laurel Lee (FL-15), Erin Houchin (IN-09), Lori Chavez-DeRemer (OR-05), Monica De La Cruz (TX-15), Jen Kiggans (VA-02), and Harriet Hageman (WY-AL)
• Veteran candidates including J.D. Vance (OH), Eli Crane (AZ-02), Cory Mills (FL-07), Anna Paulina Luna (FL-13), Rich McCormick (GA-06), Zach Nunn (IA-03), John James (MI-10), Ryan Zinke (MT-01), Nick LaLota (NY-01), Brandon Williams (NY-22), Max Miller (OH-07), Keith Self (TX-03), Morgan Luttrell (TX-08), Wesley Hunt (TX-38), Jen Kiggans (VA-02), and Derrick Van Orden (WI-03).  
• The Republican Party continued to make inroads with minority voters due to the RNC's efforts. This included an RNC investment in 38 community centers across the country.
• Republicans held Senate seats in North Carolina, Wisconsin, Florida, Iowa, Missouri, and Ohio.
• The Georgia Senate race is headed to a runoff and the Republican Party is united behind Herschel Walker. 
• The RNC has hundreds of staffers on the ground in support of the runoff effort.
• Katie Britt became the first woman elected to the Senate from Alabama. 
• Markwayne Mullin became the first Native American Senator from Oklahoma in almost 100 years.
• Republican incumbents won. 
• No incumbent Republican Senator lost to a Democrat.
• Every incumbent Republican governor won, and 14 out of 15 won by double digits.
• Republican Joe Lombardo defeated Nevada’s incumbent Democrat Gov. Steve Sisolak and was the only gubernatorial candidate (Republican or Democrat) to defeat a statewide incumbent.
• Every incumbent Republican Attorney General was re-elected.​​​​​​​
• In state Supreme Court races, Republicans won a competitive Michigan Supreme Court seat, flipped the North Carolina Supreme Court, and swept the Ohio Supreme Court races.
• We made huge strides on election integrity.
• The RNC engaged in 84 election integrity lawsuits in this election cycle alone. 
• We resolved 99.5% of reported issues on our election integrity hotline. 
• In Arizona, we resolved 1274 issues. 
• In California, we resolved 138 issues. 
• In Georgia, we resolved 418 issues 
• In Nevada, we resolved 215 issues. 
• In Maricopa County we were on the ground to deal with machine issues, and we quickly filed a joint lawsuit with the Lake and Masters campaigns and the NRSC to extend poll hours.  
• In Clark County, Nevada we intervened to stop the DNC from extending poll hours and won.
• Our lawyers are still on the ground to ensure the integrity of our elections.  
• On the topic of election integrity, we defeated Democrat darling Stacey Abrams once and for all. And Beto O’Rourke is now a three-time-loser.  
• This cycle, the Republican National Committee built upon its historic ground game.
• The RNC raised historic funds - $308 million this cycle to date.
• The RNC invested more in state parties than ever before, transferring funds to all 56 states and territory parties.
• The RNC continued to invest in our expansive data operation, ground game, and Party infrastructure.
• We trained over 1 million grassroots volunteers who made over 100 million voter contacts.
• Grassroots volunteers reached at least 1 million voter contacts in 21 battleground states.
• Over 1,000 staff members were hired in the field, including staff on the ground in Senate battleground states and in 70 House battleground districts.
• The state-of-the-art data and voter score technology powered by the RNC was shared with every Republican candidate free of charge.
• The RNC provided a multi-function app to deliver organizational, fundraising and political tools, in both English and Spanish.

The bottom line:

Republicans have flipped the U.S. House of Representatives and that is a big win for our country. Do not let the media or left tell you otherwise. Now is the time for Republicans to come together, focus, and finish out the cycle strong. 

Worst October at the Border on Record

In a late-night Monday news dump, DHS confirmed that Biden's Border Crisis is showing no sign of slowing down with over 230,000 apprehensions in October alone. 

What you need to know:

• Newly released Customs and Border Protection data shows 230,678 illegal immigrants were apprehended attempting to cross the U.S.-Mexico border in October.
• This is the highest total number of illegal immigrants apprehended for any October in DHS history. 
• The total number of illegal border crossings during the Biden administration is now 5 million.
• This includes the more than 4 million illegal immigrants that Customs and Border Protection has apprehended and the roughly 1 million gotaways that have escaped past Border Patrol into the U.S.
• Border officials say that the official number of gotaways vastly undercounts the illegal immigrants who make it into the U.S.
• 12,034 unaccompanied children were apprehended. 
• 130,039 illegal immigrants were apprehended from countries outside the Northern Triangle and Mexico, showing that Biden’s crisis is global.
• 9 migrants on the terror watchlist have been apprehended trying to enter the U.S. between ports of entry in October alone. This is in addition to the 98 migrants on the terror watchlist who entered the U.S. last year. 
• Illicit drugs are flowing into the country at an alarming rate.
• Drug overdoses reached an all-time high in 2021 due in part to Biden’s open border.
• 1,906 pounds of deadly fentanyl and  10,518 pounds of methamphetamine were seized at the southern border in October alone, with much more likely getting through.
• Deadly rainbow fentanyl, which is designed by cartels to target children and teens, has been increasingly caught crossing the border and is now in at least 26 states. 
• In October, at least 25 illegal immigrants died attempting to cross the southern border.
• In an attempt to find a scapegoat for the border crisis, Biden’s hand-picked head of CBP Chris Magnus is out of a job – yet Border Patrol agents say “the core problem remains – Biden, Harris and Mayorkas.”
• Biden’s disastrous policies created the crisis at the southern border.
• In Biden’s first 100 days he took more than 94 executive actions on immigration, including  halting construction of the border wall and ending the Trump administration’s successful “Remain in Mexico” policy.

The bottom line:

Americans are witnessing crisis at the border month after month thanks to Biden’s reckless open border policies.

What We Are Reading

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Thank you for allowing me to continue to serve you as your Texas Representative to the RNC! As always, feel free to reach out to me with any questions you might have at tad@toniannedashiell.com, or follow me on Facebook or Twitter at the links below. Thank you for being a strong Texas Republican, and together, let us work to Keep Texas RED!