The Senate runoff election between MJ Hegar and Royce West presents a choice between two different identities for what could be the future of the state’s politics, as Democrats make gains.
“I think that candidates need to make certain that people know what their background is on these issues so they can then decide who is best equipped to address these issues … look at both of our pasts and look at the people we surrounded ourselves with. Is it a diverse group of individuals who look like America?” he said.State Senator Royce West responds to questions after announcing his bid to run for Senate during a rally in Dallas, Monday, July 22, 2019.
Hegar, by contrast, emphasized her experience as a working mother and advocate for women in the armed services — she traveled to DC in the past to lobby for women to be included in combat roles. West accuses Hegar of attacking his integrity only because he’s a successful Black man, pointing out that she has not pointed to specific examples of the corruption she’s accusing him of.
“I want to make certain that they understand that if they begin to impugn my integrity in these ads, they can be sure that African American Democrats will not stand for it, and will not be supportive of her in the fall. Not only African Americans, but Latinos also,” he said. Both Hegar and West in turn attacked Cornyn last week for spreading misinformation about the pandemic — on the same day that Texas reported 550 cases of the disease in children 9 years old and younger, Cornyn said in anHegar and West, aligned in ridiculing Cornyn’s pandemic response, are also not far apart on most policy issues.John Cornyn at a Senate Judiciary Committee meeting on Capitol Hill on June 11, in Washington, DC.
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