Democratic U.S. Senate candidates, from left, Royce West, Chris Bell, MJ Hegar, Amanda Edwards and Cristina Tzintzún Ramirez are in a scramble to see who joins Hegar, center, in a May runoff, a poll shows. They took questions from The Dallas Morning News editorial board earlier this month.(Smiley N. Pool / Staff Photographer) The Dallas Morning News
As luck would have it, all the horses I wanted to review in the padlock are all in this picture. Take a good look Texas, we have some new faces with some familiar ones. Speaking of not being familiar, that is exactly what most Texas currently are with our Democratic Senator Primary candidates.
Let’s take a look at these polls before we get started.
Don’t know/No Opinion/Others is absolutely running away with this race.
I personally believe this will boil down to a run off between Mary “MJ” Hegar and one of the candidates polling between 5 and 9%. It's a big crowd.
I expect Mary “MJ” Hegar to come around turn one in first so let’s start with her. She is middle in the photo above to put a face with a name.
https://mjfortexas.com
Of anyone in this field who can go toe to toe with John Cornyn, my bet is squarely on this Texas legend. She is Afghanistan Veteran who sued the Air Force over the Combat Exclusion Policy. Also author of “Shoot Like Girl”, she almost sent John Carter home in her race in a heavily Republican district that include Williamson county.
That Republican, almost won.
Where she stands on the issues can be found here:
mjfortexas.com/…
Next up is my close second and hope to see in the run off with MJ Hegar.
Cristina Tzintzún Ramirez, far right in photo above, was born an activist from all counts, dating all the way back to high school where she helped arriving Latino immigrants in Ohio. She also started Jolt, which is a project to increase Latino voting across the Lone Star.
https://cristinafortexas.com
She has been endorsed by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Joaquin Castro, and according to Wikipedia actor Alec Baldwin. No one could more skillfully hammer John Cornyn that he is allowing kids to be kept in cages in the great state of Texas.
An energized Latino vote behind a progressive candidate might crush Cornyn in the general election.
Where she stands on the issues can be found here:
cristinafortexas.com/…
Next up is Royce West, solid Democrat from Dallas.
https://roycewest.com
Royce West, far left in photo above, has always been there for the Texas Democratic Party, up and down the tickets. Besides believing we all rise up to gather, he has been a tireless champion of improving education, criminal justice and immigration reform. He has also been instrumental in the Texas Democratic Party’s fight to protect women’s rights, in Texas.
Where he stands on the issues can be found here:
roycewest.com/…
And now coming into the home stretch, we have Amanda Edwards, second from right in photo above.
https://www.amandafortexas.com
A fierce community advocate coming out of Houston, Amanda Edwards would work tirelessly to get any healthcare plan through the Senate. She also helped transform the 3rd Ward and minorities gain access to capital to help develop their own communities.
Tapped by the Texas Democratic Party to run, she has the media savvy chops to wrestle with any season candidate.
Where she stands on the issue can be found here:
www.amandafortexas.com/…
And last in the pack in Chris Bell. I think Chris Bell has done great things for Texas, and the Texas Democratic Party. Much like how I love the statesmanship of John Kerry, I do not believe he is a great candidate. I feel the same way about both about Chris Bell.
He came in 5th in the mayor race, after getting hammered in the governor’s race, when Janek dynasty abdicated their state senator seat, he could not get plurality or survive a run off with the full throttle of the Texas Party behind him.
But like I said, honest solid statesman, so here is his website:
https://www.electchrisbell.com
Just consider giving another candidate a shot at this, that's all.
There are also some other long shots, but these are who I expect to see in the run-off election.
I am just glad we have great candidates running, the Texas Democratic Party should get on that so Don’t know/No Opinion/Others doesn’t win.
Texas Fight!
