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Democrats plan to open a regional headquarters in Austin this spring and dispatch organizers to Texas suburbs in an unusual early step to prepare challenges against Republican members of Congress believed to be vulnerable because of rapid demographic change. The moves by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee are intended to back up House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s vow to secure House victories in the 2020 election “by this November” — a year ahead of the actual vote. The effort focuses on Texas districts that have been unwinnable for Democats for years. New polling in several Texas districts coupled with a surge in minorities on voter rolls have House Democrats believing that Texas offers some of the most fertile ground in the country for Democratic pick-ups in 2020.