Beto O’Rourke pulled himself from the presidential campaign trail this week to focus on grieving with his native El Paso, in the days after a mass shooting took the lives of at least 22 people.
Former Texas Congressman The move sparked speculation that the 2018 Senate candidate, who raised an astonishing $80 million in his upstart campaign against Sen. Ted Cruz, is mulling another rumble in Texas, this time for the seat held by GOP Sen. John Cornyn in an already crowded Democratic primary.
From MJ Hegar, a retired Air Force major and former candidate who lost in Texas’ 31st Congressional District race in 2018, to Amanda Edwards, an African-American millennial and Houston City Council member, to Royce West, an African-American political fixture in the state Senate, the seven-way primary features a diverse crowd in a year in which the Lone Star state is expected to be in play.
"Texas is the biggest battleground state … In a race against John Cornyn, our Democratic candidates are already in a tossup," said Abhi Rahman, communications director for the Texas Democratic Party, reinforcing Democrats’ belief that the changing demographics within the state give them a competitive edge that could potentially transform the electoral map.
Considered by Jillson to be a front-runner along with West, Hegar, who completed three tours in Afghanistan, said,"We need to elect more service leaders." "He’s the one they know. He’s the one we associate with trying to get better leadership in the Senate," Hegar said of the questions about O’Rourke switching races."It’s not reflective, in my opinion, of people not wanting him to run for president. It's reflective of John Cornyn’s vulnerability, because if he wasn't vulnerable people wouldn't be paying attention, and it’s reflective of the energy that we're seeing when we're driving all over the state.
"I will not replicate what Beto did. We will be going to rural, urban and suburban counties … We will be very inclusive," she said."But as far as every county in the entire state, we may not be able to." "I've learned that people think that was a political aberration," West said."I look at it as a somewhat of a trend of Texas becoming purple and then blue. I think this time it will become blue."
Trump, who also stopped in Dayton, Ohio, to honor the victims of the shooting there, told reporters in El Paso:"The love and the respect for the office of the presidency… it was no different here … the enthusiasm, the love, the respect."
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