Democratic vice presidential candidate Sen. Tim Kaine promised Friday that efforts to turn Texas blue will ultimately be successful, and he assured supporters that the Clinton campaign is serious about winning the Lone Star State.

“We take Texas very seriously, Hillary and I do,” Kaine said Friday during a morning campaign stop. “We look at what you’re doing … And we are very, very proud of what you’re doing. We can see the spirit, we can see the energy, we can a see a state that has been a red state moving in the best direction.”