Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee endorses MJ Hegar in crowded U.S. Senate primary

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by Patrick Svitek, Texas Tribune


The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee is endorsing MJ Hegar in the crowded primary to challenge U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas.

The move by the DSCC, the political arm of Senate Democrats, is one of the biggest developments yet in the nominating contest, which has drawn a dozen candidates — some more serious than others but no decisive frontrunners. The endorsement drew pushback from three of Hegar's competitors, two of whom accused national Democrats of snubbing more diverse candidates for Hegar, who is white.

Hegar, the former Air Force helicopter pilot and 2018 congressional candidate, entered the primary in April and has emerged as the top fundraiser. But polls show the race remains wide open as Democrats look to pick up where they left off from Beto O'Rourke's near-miss 2018 loss to the state's junior senator, Ted Cruz.

“Texas has emerged as a battleground opportunity for Democrats up and down the ballot, and MJ Hegar is the strongest candidate to flip the U.S. Senate seat," the DSCC's chairwoman, Nevada Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, said in an announcement first shared with The Texas Tribune.

Read more: https://www.texastribune.org/2019/12/16/dscc-endorses-mj-hegar-crowded-primary-challenge-john-cornyn/

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1. I like MJ Hegar in the Texas senate race

I have donated to her and she called me twice on dialing for dollar calls

[42bambi]

2. Thank You DSCC! Good news for MJ and Texas!