Our podcast includes roundups of important news, additional insights from our reporters, and exclusive interviews with the people who have direct influence on politics and policy in Texas. margin-bottom: .75em; padding-bottom: 8px; Sen. John Cornyn will be defending his seat against the winner. Texas utilizes an open primary system. 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West contends that, “We need to invest in Community Colleges, offering free tuition for low-income students.”, Tzintzún Ramirez goes farther than the other three, supporting “canceling student debt” and “efforts to make public universities and community college tuition-free.”.
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} They include Mark Yancey, Dwayne Stovall, John Anthony Castro and Virgil Bierschwale.
} Four percent supported Castro, two percent supported Stovall, and the other two candidates received one percent of support each. Democratic Senate Candidates Struggle to Stand Out Against Cornyn, Two years ago when Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) was seeking reelection, his eventual Democratic challenger was already clear: Beto O’Rourke sat comfortably in the polls for his primary at, conducted by the Texas Lyceum at 11 percent, but 42 percent of those polled were undecided. } The general election for the 2020 United States Senate in Texas will be held on November 3, 2020, to elect a member to the United States Senate to represent the State of Texas, concurrently with the 2020 U.S. presidential election, as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.
The four Republicans who have filed to run against the incumbent are: Virgil Bierschwale, John Anthony Castro, Dwayne Stovall, and Mark Yancey. Poll conducted for the Texas Youth Power Alliance. font-size: 20px; padding-left: 10px;