MJ Hegar launches 2020 Senate run against Texas’ John Cornyn
Associated PressAUSTIN, Texas — Democrat MJ Hegar, an Air Force veteran whose viral campaign ads nearly helped her get elected in one of Texas’ most Republican-friendly congressional districts last year, set her sights higher on Tuesday and launched a run for U.S. Senate against Republican incumbent John Cornyn. For years, GOP dominance in Texas had kept the state’s top Democrats on the sidelines in big election years, but the landscape suddenly looks less daunting because of former Rep. Beto O’Rourke’s strong — if unsuccessful — showing in last year’s Senate race against Republican incumbent Ted Cruz. “Texans deserve a senator who represents our values: strength, courage, independence, putting Texas first.” Hegar has openly flirted with a Senate run for months and has had talks with Democratic Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer. Cornyn’s campaign attacked Hegar as “Chuck Schumer’s handpicked candidate,” and it defended Cornyn’s record on veterans and helping Texas through the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey in 2017.
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