M.J. Hegar and Royce West, both Democrats, are tangling over the Senate nomination to take on the state’s senior senator, John Cornyn.
The first is obvious: Cornyn must go. The second: the contest is a measure of experience.
Democratic U.S. Senate candidate MJ Hegar heads to an early polling site after talking with the media, July 9, 2020, in Austin, Texas. Hegar is in a runoff with State Sen. Royce West."What hasn't changed is the fact that we have had systemic racism and a health care crisis in Texas," she said."These aren't new because we've been fighting for these things for years. What's new is they are now mainstream ...
Hegar was favored to win the primary back in March, but landed in a runoff with West after failing to secure more than 50% of the vote. She finished in first with 22%, just ahead of West's 15%, and is still considered the front-runner, as the top fundraiser in the race, who has the backing of the national Democratic establishment.
Throughout the primary, West has frequently called himself a"true Democrat" -- an apparent slight against Hegar, who donated $10 to Cornyn in 2011, through VoteSane, aShe has said that she only made the donation after being told she must be a donor to get a meeting with an elected official, and that she voted in the Republican primary four years ago as an act of protest against Donald Trump.
Cornyn's campaign has already seized on the party infighting, intervening in the race by running ads that tie West to some leaders of the progressive wing of the party, such as Sen. Bernie Sanders and Warren -- perhaps in an attempt to spur support for the longtime lawmaker among the party's more liberal voters.
"We would have to sit down and have a discussion about where we are, and what issues I think are important," West said of endorsing Hegar if she wins."And once we come to an agreement on that, I'd be more than happy to, and hopefully she'll do the same for me."
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