The Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee, which is dedicated to supporting state legislative races, is throwing financial support behind three Texas candidates this election cycle, including Kristian Carranza, who’s running for a Texas House seat representing San Antonio’s South Side. Carranza, 33, a progressive community organizer, aims to unseat Texas Rep. John Lujan in historically Democratic Texas House District 118. Lujan flipped the redrawn district for Republicans during a 2021 special election then held it during the 2022 midterms, where he won by just 52%. Carranza, who’s also served as a regional director for the Democratic National Committee, told the San Antonio Report her party poured little cash into the 2022 race, allowing Lujan to benefit from major ad buys.