Washington, D.C. — As Texas Republicans prepare their assault on democracy with unprecedented mid-decade redistricting, outlets across the country covered Unrig Our Economy’s multi-million dollar campaign holding congressional Republicans in targeted districts accountable for their recent votes to cut Medicaid and put health care at risk for nearly two million Texans in order to fund tax breaks for billionaires. Unrig Our Economy is engaging current constituents – and potential future constituents should Texas Republicans proceed with redistricting – in the fight for an economy that works for working people, including fighting for affordable health care.
The ads call out Congressman Dan Crenshaw (TX-02), Congresswoman Monica De La Cruz (TX-15), Congressman Lance Gooden (TX-05), and Congresswoman Beth Van Duyne (TX-24) for voting for the Republican Tax Law earlier this month, urge them to stop cutting Texans’ health care to fund tax breaks for billionaires, and, instead, encourages them to support the Health Care Affordability Act of 2025 which would extend Affordable Care Act tax credits and protect affordable health care for working families..
All four members voted for the Republican Tax Law that could leave more than 15 million Americans without health care – all so millionaires and billionaires can get another tax break. In Texas, 1.7 million people could lose health insurance under the law. Polling shows that the Republican Tax Law is underwater – and 7 in 10 Americans are concerned by Republican cuts to Medicaid.
From the New York Times:
The advertising assault on those Republicans will actually begin on Monday, when Unrig Our Economy, a liberal-leaning outside group, is starting an ad campaign worth more than $2 million focusing on four current Republican congressional districts in Houston, Dallas and near the Mexican border, the group said.
Unrig Our Economy views the four districts — currently held by Representatives Dan Crenshaw, Lance Gooden, Beth Van Duyne and Monica De La Cruz — as likely to be more competitive…should Texas Republicans go through with their redistricting plan.
The ads themselves make no mention of redistricting but rather focus on cuts to Medicaid and tax breaks for billionaires in the bill recently passed by Congress and signed into law by Mr. Trump.
From Punchbowl:
Liberal 501(c)(4) group Unrig Our Economy is launching a $2 million ad campaign attacking four Texas House Republicans whose districts could become more competitive thanks to GOP redistricting efforts.
The four lawmakers targeted are GOP Reps. Lance Gooden, Monica De La Cruz, Beth Van Duyne and Dan Crenshaw. This is a fascinating effort that reveals the potential perils of Republicans’ attempt to squeeze House Democrats out of seats in Texas.
Safer Republican seats could be put in play under a new redistricting plan. And left-wing groups like Unrig Our Economy are jumping in early.
The ads all focus on Republican incumbents voting for the Medicaid cuts in the One Big Beautiful Bill.
From Semafor:
The liberal group Unrig Our Economy is launching a $2 million ad campaign today in Texas, targeting four districts likely to become more competitive after redistricting, according to a senior adviser to the group. The ads, which target districts currently represented by Republican Reps. Dan Crenshaw, Lance Gooden, Beth Van Duyne, and Monica De La Cruz, highlight cuts to Medicaid in the GOP tax cuts-and-spending bill.
From Politico:
… The left-leaning group Unrig Our Economy is putting $2 million into ads across four GOP-held Texas congressional districts that could get more competitive in a new map. The ads are focused on Medicaid cuts, but a senior adviser at the group told Score the districts were chosen specifically because of redistricting.
To learn more about the campaign, visit UnrigOurEconomy.com or contact press@unrigoureconomy.com
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About Unrig Our Economy
Unrig Our Economy is a national campaign to fix the rules of our economy to make it work for working people. We know that when the middle class does well, all of us do well — which is why we’re fighting on behalf of working Americans and holding corporations, their wealthy executives, and the politicians who enable them accountable.