have no specific youth minimum wage, making the minimum wage the same for workers of all ages;17 states and Washington, DC voted for Beto O’Rourke to represent the state of Texas in the United States Senate. Their votes represent their efforts to reduce the discriminatory policies enacted by the Republican Party throughout the state to silence their voices in policy-making decisions. Throughout the state, Black women organized, canvassed, and worked at the polls to ensure their community was represented in a historic election that had the potential to change the state’s politics. For the first time in 30 years, Texas had a real opportunity to elect a Democrat to the U.S. Senate, and I believed that my home state had a chance to change its own narrative. Black women like me were called in to save Texas from reelecting Cruz, whose conservative politics include a stance againsttransgender rightsand a voteagainstthe Violence Against Women Act. O’Rourke of providing financial support to a caravan of immigrants seeking refuge in the United States.