Kristian Carranza
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San Antonio Southsider | Organizer 📢 | Democratic Nominee for House District 118, the #1 flip opportunity in the Texas State House! #HD118 #NoDaysOff
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Today we released our first TV ad titled “Fighting for Working Families.”
My name is Kristian Carranza. I know where I come from and I’m fighting for working families.
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Public dollars should remain in public schools.
That’s it. That’s the tweet.
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San Antonians! I just stumbled upon the cutest little town up I-35. It’s called Austin and they have an adorable take on breakfast tacos.
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My name is Kristian Carranza, I’m a San Antonio girl from the Southside – I’m proudly running for House District 118, the most flippable seat in Texas. 🧵
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📢 Reminder that all 9 seats of the Texas Supreme Court are elected positions. 📢
Breaking: Texas Supreme Court says lack of immunity to the coronavirus does not qualify a voter to apply for a mail in ballot
#txlege
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I’m no longer accepting the things I cannot change. I’m changing the things I cannot accept.
#ItsOurTurn
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~Some professional news~
I’ll be working for the
@dccc
as a national regional field director based in my home state of Texas! 🤠 Ready to maintain the majority and flip key battleground districts! VAMOS!
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I’m happy to share I’m starting a position as Regional Director at
@TheDemocrats
! LETS GOOO!
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.
@JulianCastro
is the first presidential candidate to visit Elko this election cycle—talking to voters from all corners of the state! Check him out at the Elko Basque Parade today!
#Castro2020
#NevadansFirst
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“I don’t want to make our country anything AGAIN. I want to move our country FORWARD. The only thing I want to bring back is INTEGRITY to the White House!”
-
@JulianCastro
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My response to the baseless attack from the Bexar County Republican Party
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Packed house tonight for our
@JulianCastro
meet & greet in Reno! Nevada is excited!
#MOMENTUM
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@JulianCastro
and performers at the Elko Basque Festival. We are a nation of immigrants! ❤️💚
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If you drank from the manguera growing up, do not worry about what’s in the vaccine. 🤷🏻♀️😂
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If you’ve ever thought about running for office, it’s time.
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Today marks the anniversary of the Dobbs decision that triggered Texas’ near total abortion ban. We need community support—not government intervention.
Thank you
@ColinAllredTX
for inviting me to join you today and for fighting every day to restore our reproductive freedom.
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Thank you to the voters of House District 118. Proud to be the first woman of either party to be the nominee of HD118. The results are a testament to the effort of all our supporters. Our mantra from day one has been if you want to make change, you have to take action. John Lujan
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When I say
#NoDaysOff
I mean it. Doing call time every chance I get at the
@texasdemocrats
state convention!
#HD118
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If
#DemDebate
is talking about universal pre-school—we need to include
@JulianCastro
. When Mayor, he asked the voters of San Antonio to raise taxes in order to provide free pre-k for every child.
And he got it done.
#Juli
ánDebates
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To all the young women who are wondering if it’s your time to run for office and if people will support your campaign…. It is and they will.
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I don’t know who needs to hear this but depression mimics laziness. Give yourself grace—you’re doing your best.
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My mom called me and said she donated a few $ to
@JulianCastro
because she saw the West Side come out of him this week! 😬
#DemDebate
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HD118 is the number one flip opportunity in Texas. It’s a seat won by both President Biden and Beto. This year, we’re taking it back.
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Join me,
@davidhogg111
, and
@BexarYD
on Sunday, July 28 at 3pm to commemorate 100 days (!!!) to Election Day with a phonebank to talk to young voters in HD-118, the most competitive state house seat in Texas! Sign up here ✨
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Today I filed my candidacy for the Texas House of Representatives, District 118. l've spent my career fighting for a seat at the table for working families. In 2024, it's our turn.
#HD118
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The Texas Governor’s race is two years away. We need a Democratic nominee who can resonate with voters in places like Corpus, South San Antonio, and the RGV.
Who we running, y’all?
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“I grew up with a single mother who raised Joaquin & me. I know what it’s like to struggle & what it’s like to wonder if you’re going to make rent at the end of the month. Women aren’t paid equally—that’s why I support passing the Equal Rights Amendment.”
#DemDebate
@JulianCastro
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“It was up to Biden to clarify his words, not for Castro to help a former vice president who has run for the White House THREE TIMES to figure out what he meant to say. It certainly isn’t our place as media to do that for any of the candidates.”
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When
@JulianCastro
was the Mayor of San Antonio, others told him he needed to exclude the trans community in order to pass an LGBTQ discrimination ordinance. He said that wasn’t good enough. The tans community is protected today in SA because of this ordinance.
#Juli
ánDebates
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How do you raise all that money?
*Me in my everyday call time set up*
Like this:
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Full hearts and clear eyes with
@DouglasEmhoff
today! Make a plan to VOTE EARLY in Texas for
@KamalaHarris
,
@Tim_Walz
and Democrats down the ballot starting October 21. Check your voter registration status and find where to vote at
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Our campaign holds a massive cash on hand advantage to our opponent John Lujan with $191,088 to his $13,067. Since Jan 1 we’ve outraised Lujan by over $250,000. Since launching, we’ve raised $403,442—more than any other first-time Dem state house candidate in Texas this cycle.
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The November General Election will be won on the doors. As an Organizer, I know first-hand meeting people where they are and investing in early voter engagement is how Democrats win.
#HD118
#NoDaysOff
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85 days to put in the FIELD WORK to elect
@GinaOrtizJones
and
@wendydavis
into Congress.
#fieldwinselections
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The fight against private school vouchers is a lived reality in
#HD118
where four
@HarlandaleISD
schools closed last year. Our chronically underfunded schools can’t stay open with John Lujan. It’s time to elect a State Rep who values public education.
@TexasHDCC
#txlege
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@JulianCastro
is the FIRST presidential candidate to ever visit West Wendover, NV. Secretary Castro goes to where the issues and people are often overlooked. He’s starting his day speaking to rural healthcare leaders in West Wendover!
#NevadansFirst
#WeMatter
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We just launched our first campaign ad, titled ‘Take Action’ because this campaign is about meeting people where they are, knocking doors, and making sure our community knows the stakes of this race. Democratic Primary is March 5. Early Voting runs until March 1.
#HD118
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I’m honored to earn the endorsement of Leaders We Deserve who are dedicated to electing young progressives across Texas and our country. As a millennial running in Texas’ most competitive state house seat, I’m working hard each day to engage voters of all generations!
#NoDaysOff
Meet Leaders We Deserve newest endorsed candidate
@kristianfortx
who’s running in the most competitive state house seat in Texas! (HD 118 in San Antonio) Born and raised on the Southside of San Antonio by a single working mom, Kristian understands the challenges facing Texas
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Tell me you’re from San Antonio without telling me you’re from San Antonio. I’ll go first.
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“Let’s be clear: Kristian Carranza’s last name is perhaps the least important issue in the race for House District 118…The most important issue in this race is support for school vouchers. Lujan supports school vouchers. Carranza opposes them.”
Editorial: District 118 voters should focus on vouchers, not Kristian Carranza's name
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I miss
@JulianCastro
’s voice on this stage. He is the only candidate to consistently name the young black and men and women who are disproportionately killed from police brutality.
#SayTheirNames
#JulianDebates
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Happy 4th birthday to the future Mayor of San Antonio
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Grateful to
@CariMarshallTX
and
@wendydavistexas
for hosting me tonight. I began working as an Organizer in 2014 for Sen. Wendy Davis’ gubernatorial campaign. I wouldn’t be who I am today and running for office if it wasn’t for her. Thank you for everything, Senator Davis.
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Celebrating all women everywhere and our Vice President
@KamalaHarris
!
The first but not the last.
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16 years later, I’m very proud of the opportunity I had to work for Secretary Castro.
Sometimes it’s not your time. But, as Rosie Castro said after her first campaign loss, “We’ll be back.”
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Making my way to Texas and I ran into the boss
@JulianCastro
at the Detroit airport — he was leaving out of the gate I’m boarding. Thank you for the picture
@SawyerHackett
!
Strong jacket game, Secretary!
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All day it’s been, “I’m
@JoaquinCastrotx
you might know my brother,
@JulianCastro
. The way you can tell us apart is that he’s uglier than me.”
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“Why is it young black men and young black women are disproportionately affected by police brutality in this country? It shouldn’t be this way.”
—
@JulianCastro
#FITW19
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Ken Paxton has been failing working families and abusing the rule of law for most of his career.
Every day Texans are losing faith in our political system — corrupt officials participating in a pay to play system are not fit to serve our great state.
#txlege
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There was a very sweet moment yesterday when the Elko republican county chair walked over to
@JulianCastro
to shake his hand and thank him for a presidential candidate traveling to places like West Wendover and Elko. (Gives me goosebumps)❤️
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Today is my 34th Birthday—and there are
#NoDaysOff
on this campaign. Would you be one of 34 people who contribute $34 today to help us win the most competitive swing seat in the Texas House? Donate here 💝:
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Working in Nevada was pure magic. I’m proud of how our campaign moved the 2020 field on so many important issues in Nevada—and across our country. The work we did mattered.
I will always be grateful to our volunteers and supporters. Thank you all.
#HomeMeansNevada
It’s with profound gratitude to all of our supporters that I suspend my campaign for president today.
I’m so proud of everything we’ve accomplished together. I’m going to keep fighting for an America where everyone counts—I hope you’ll join me in that fight.
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I like to think of campaign cycles as chapters in my life—and I want my next chapter to focus on a blue Texas.
*job alerts turned on*
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Thank you,
@CoryBooker
! Our
@JulianCastro
Las Vegas interns have been working hard all Summer, pancakes are very appreciated! I ❤️ this so much!
#DemLove
The Fourth of July, where
@CoryBooker
is serving pancakes to
@JulianCastro
supporters in Boulder City, Nev.
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TOMORROW, 7/28: Join me,
@davidhogg111
, and the Bexar County Young Dems at 3pm CT to commemorate 100 days to Election Day with a virtual phonebank to talk to young voters in HD-118—the most competitive state house seat in Texas! Sign up here:
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I am born and raised in
#TX23
. Will Hurd currently represents my family in San Antonio. I’m so happy my nephew will have representation working to give him the opportunity to grow up healthy with a quality education.
I can’t wait to go to
@GinaOrtizJones
’s inauguration.
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They should probably hire a field director soon...
The Barbie Campaign Team set features four diverse dolls that inspire girls to see themselves in the roles that make up a winning campaign: Candidate, Campaign Manager, Fundraiser and Voter:
#Barbie2020
#YouCanBeAnything
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84% of Native women experience violence in their lifetime—many cases go unreported.
@JulianCastro
’s Indigenous Communities plan calls to prioritize the crisis of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW) and the human trafficking of native women and girls.
#NativeForum
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These attacks on my name are not serious, but you know what is serious: Republican attacks on women’s healthcare rights and our kids’ public schools. While Lujan and his friends waste everyone’s time, I’ll continue reaching
#HD118
voters about real solutions to real problems.
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.
@JulianCastro
is the son of a single mother from the west side of San Antonio. When he talks about the need for Democrats to prioritize the working poor, it comes from a place of shared life experiences.
#JulianDebates
Buttigieg’s line about middle class/poor did sound a lot like Castro’s riff on that, which I believe he first used at L&J dinner >
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.
@natimontelongo
once told me it was her mission to internally advocate for others. She believed in me and helped me get an important leadership role on Castro’s campaign. A girl from the Valley lifting up a girl from the southside of SA. Eternally grateful.
Congrats, Natalie!
.
@MayaRupert
and
@natimontelongo
are two talented and experienced leaders who, in so many ways, shaped the vision that my campaign fought for.
They’ll be tremendous assets to
@ewarren
heading into this critical phase of this primary—and I couldn’t be more proud of them.
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🧵The Texas Public Education committee meets today to discuss private school vouchers and teacher retention. You know what’s not on their agenda today? Fully funding our public schools.
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“As many people have recognized, the primary order needs to change. It does not reflect the diversity of our country. The Iowa caucus happens one time—no early voting, no vote by mail—leaving out a lot of people with disabilities. We need to be more thoughtful.”
—
@JulianCastro
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I’ve been an unpaid intern, waiting tables in college. Young people shouldn’t have to choose between “experience” and paying the bills. When
@JulianCastro
announced, he committed to paying his interns $15/hr. This is how you build a pipeline for young people.💪
#NationalInternDay
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San Antonian lyft drivers on the way to the airport in the am:
“Do you need to stop for breakfast tacos?”
❤️
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Forever grateful to women like
@wendydavis
and
@GinaOrtizJones
who inspired me to run for office.
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*goes into Cheesecake Factory, turns to hostess*
Me: Can you please seat me at the booth where Secretary
@JulianCastro
once sat at?
Hostess: ....
Me: ....
Hostess: right this way
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Just voted for
@GinaOrtizJones
at Mission Branch Library on the southside. This is her year.
#TX23
#SouthsideVotes
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Thank you for your service, Mr. President. Texas is ready. Let’s Gooo!!!
#ImWithHer
#TeamKamala
My fellow Democrats, I have decided not to accept the nomination and to focus all my energies on my duties as President for the remainder of my term. My very first decision as the party nominee in 2020 was to pick Kamala Harris as my Vice President. And it’s been the best
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Proud to earn the
@MomsDemand
candidate distinction. We all want to keep our families and schools safe. Our region has lost too many children to gun violence—it’s time
#HD118
has a representative who will stand with the overwhelmingly majority of Texans that support common-sense
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You’ll always be a part of me. I’m part of you indefinitely. Love you, Mami.
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As a reminder, our beloved Selena Quintanilla, la Reina de Tejano, was a victim of gun violence. She died in 1995.
I look forward to a generation of Selena fans who won’t have to live in fear of gun violence in their schools, churches, or homes.
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I’ve spent my career organizing my community—I’ll always stand with teachers and unions to defend public education. Private school vouchers are a scam that pulls tax dollars from underfunded public schools to pay for private school tuition.
#HD118
is ready for change in November.
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I wish there was a candidate onstage who didn’t have to talk about what a universal pre-school education would look like—but someone who got free pre-school passed...IN TEXAS.
AKA former San Antonio Mayor
@JulianCastro
👀
#JulianDebates
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A few of our freshly onboarded
@JulianCastro
Summer Interns ready to organize with ❤️ across Nevada.
#Castro2020
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In honor of
@JulianCastro
making the Houston debates today, the Reno office is playing Selena’s Disco Medley from her last concert.
This is a big moment for Latinos everywhere.
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.
@JulianCastro
isn’t just talking about the Anaconda Copper Mine, he’s going to the mine and meeting with the tribal community affected by this overlooked environmental crisis.
Walk the walk.
Former HUD Secretary
@JulianCastro
isn't just stopping by for a speech this weekend: He's also doing a Black Community Summit at Nevada Partners on Monday, meeting with the Yerington Paiute Tribe about the nearby copper mine and having a town hall with Douglas Co. Democrats.
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Campaign finance reports are out and in just over 3 months, our campaign raised $70,000 with over 600 contributions - the most raised in a kickoff than any San Antonio state house candidate ever. On top of that, our campaign out-raised our primary opponent by $50,000 despite a
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Them: I know you work for Julián but who’s your top 3?
Me:
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I had an amazing time in El Paso for the
@texasdemocrats
state convention. I’m motivated more than ever to take back
#HD118
for working people.
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It’s a new low from the GOP to make this sick and desperate attack on me in a frivolous lawsuit. They’re scared extremists like John Lujan will lose. Help us send Lujan and his friends a clear message that this campaign has the support to flip HD-118:
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I knocked on doors in Live Oak today—voters are feeling the strain of the rising cost of living and are looking for a State Rep who can bring real solutions to their everyday problems. Extremist agendas are not acceptable for people in Live Oak and across 118.
#NoDaysOff
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