Battleground Texas, a political action committee, was announced in early 2013 as an effort to help Democrats win statewide races in Texas.
Battleground TexasSays Dan Patrick has "called immigration into Texas an invasion" and "said immigrants coming into Texas bring ‘third-world diseases.’"
In 2008, "only 54 percent of Latinos in Texas were registered to vote and only 35 percent actually turned out."