Texas will hold its Democratic primary on March 3, 2020, also known as Super Tuesday.

Given where things are, it would take Beto-level enthusiasm to capture Texans’ attention, which is on anything but politics for the moment.”. “He can focus on the general, he can focus on being a senator,” Steinhauser said. More than $80 million of that flowed into O’Rourke’s record-shattering campaign.

U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, has $14.5 million saved up for his reelection bid after raising $3.5 million in the second quarter of 2020, his campaign announced Monday. Voters expect a deal -- including renewed unemployment benefits that have helped millions of people avert a descent into poverty -- and returning home to campaign without one in hand could be a political disaster.

West said just over the last couple weeks has his campaign started to move forward, facing a new reality of online townhalls — including one this week when he laid out his vision for how the government should respond to the virus — and difficult fundraising. "I think that's accurate.".

The Texas Republican is sitting on $12 million with ads already on TV as his challengers campaign online against each other in a runoff election that was delayed six weeks by the pandemic.

Republicans are in their sixth year holding the Senate, and that majority could be the only obstacle to all-Democratic control of Washington next year if Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic nominee, defeats Trump in November.

“They weren’t successful, and this final bill looks close to the original,” Cornyn said in the email.

Republican operative Corry Bliss said it was crucial for incumbents facing tough reelection fights to "have wins" to highlight through the fall. Confronted with a poisonous political environment, vulnerable Senate Republicans are rushing to endorse generous jobless benefits, child care grants and more than $100 billion to help schools reopen. WASHINGTON -- A small but singularly influential group is a driving force for an agreement on a stalled coronavirus relief bill: endangered Senate GOP incumbents who need to win this fall if Republicans are going to retain control of the majority. On Tuesday, his campaign held a virtual news conference to press for more relief. Republicans up for reelection such as John Cornyn of Texas and Lindsey Graham of South Carolina are demanding results before returning home to campaign.

Republicans up for reelection such as John Cornyn of Texas and Lindsey Graham of South Carolina are demanding results before returning home to …

Cornyn had previously declined to endorse Cruz. "Senator Cornyn will continue to fight for the principles that make Texas the economic engine of America, and send national Democrats a strong message about the future of our state," Cornyn campaign manager John Jackson said in a statement on the senator's latest fundraising numbers. A new poll shows a tightening race for President in Texas, where President Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden are now statistically tied, while incumbent Senator John Cornyn, who is up … “It seems uncouth when you’re asking people for money at this time, especially low dollar donors, online donors. West Virginia: Shelley Moore Capito – Current age: 64.

Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) said on Sunday that he will run for reelection in 2020. "We've seen Sen. Gardner stay silent while Mitch McConnell and President Trump refuse to help millions of Americans," Hickenlooper said. All of that has produced a competitive political environment, so I think John is being prudent in doing everything necessary to win the race.".

He’s filling high-level campaign jobs. You may opt-out by, Biden speaks at a community event while campaigning on December 13, 2019 in San Antonio, Texas. The Democrats had hoped to ride the momentum from Beto O’Rourke’s narrow loss to U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz two years ago. With 38 electoral votes, a win in Texas could help Democrats offset losses elsewhere on the map like Wisconsin or Michigan.

With progress coming slowly in the talks, GOP leaders said the Senate will be extending its session into next week and possibly longer.

"GOP Senate candidates need a deal, a good deal ... so they can get home and campaign on helping small businesses get up and moving again," said Scott Reed, the chief political strategist at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Even a narrow Democratic majority could reverse the GOP's 2017 tax cuts -- and that's before the party considers eliminating the legislative filibuster that has been the defining characteristic of the chamber for decades. Graham is now offering a jobless benefit proposal that is more generous than other GOP proposals.

“Democrats are again blocking relief as we speak and instead of putting people first and tabling politics in a crisis, MJ and Royce are keeping up their partisan attacks and snake oil sales for socialist health care as a great savior.”. He is term-limited as majority whip after 2018. He said in June that the benefit would not be reinstated.

"This is the most important thing we need to be doing," Cornyn said Tuesday of the coronavirus response measure. Then the outbreak set in and West hit pause.

", The Hill 1625 K Street, NW Suite 900 Washington DC 20006 | 202-628-8500 tel | 202-628-8503 fax. Jaime Harrison has said Graham is "leading the charge" to cut additional unemployment relief, referring to Graham's April comment that Congress would extend the current benefits past July "over our dead bodies.".

Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas) has been floated as potential primary challenger to Cruz.

Cornyn's second-quarter haul was his best yet this election cycle, topping the $3.2 million he netted in the third quarter of last year. I attended Vassar College and the London. Democratic U.S. Senate candidate MJ Hegar visits with her supporters after the polls close at the offices of The Riveter in Austin on Feb. 2, 2020. Rob Portman, R-Ohio. Cornyn was one of the large number of Republicans who voted for a measure last week expressing disapproval of Trump withdrawing U.S. troops from Syria and Afghanistan. Cornyn also said on Sunday that he is endorsing Sen. Ted CruzRafael (Ted) Edward CruzTed Cruz hits Fox's Wallace for 'train wreck' debate, pitches new idea for moderators Chris Cuomo, Ted Cruz explode in off-the-rails CNN interview The Hill's Morning Report - Pelosi, Mnuchin make last-ditch effort for COVID-19 relief deal MORE (R-Texas) for his 2018 reelection bid. The most significant difference between Cruz’s tight reelection and Cornyn’s upcoming race is that the senior senator will share the ballot with President Donald Trump, who won Texas in 2016 by the GOP’s narrowest margin in two decades. Dan Patrick, two of the most prominent conservatives in the state, in a show of force to prevent a primary challenge. The figures come a day before a Democratic primary runoff will settle who faces Cornyn in November: MJ Hegar, the Air Force veteran backed by national Democrats, or Royce West, the longtime state senator from Dallas. You can unsubscribe at any time.

I am a news desk reporter covering politics and the 2020 election. His opponent, Democrat John Hickenlooper, has been hammering Gardner over the GOP's decision to "pause" the coronavirus negotiations for most of the summer.

It's difficult to overstate the stakes. "Maybe eight Republicans who are up in tough states have a bigger interest in getting this COVID-19 bill done," said Sen.

(Ryan Michalesko/The Dallas Morning News), Photo: Ryan Michalesko, THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS / Staff Photographer. Republicans control the Senate by a 53-47 margin, meaning Democrats must gain at least three seats to capture Senate control. The Texas Republican defeated several primary opponents, including then-Rep. Steve StockmanStephen (Steve) Ernest StockmanInmates break windows, set fires in riot at Kansas prison Wife of imprisoned former congressman cites COVID-19 risk in plea to Trump for husband's freedom Consequential GOP class of 1994 all but disappears MORE, in 2014 and won the general election with more than 61 percent of the vote. We’re seeing how painful a health care model tied to your employment is when we have record unemployment numbers.”, “Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi delayed relief through the CARES Act for critical days trying to inject Green New Deal provisions, and where were MJ and Royce: Silent and complicit,” said Krista Piferrer, a campaign spokeswoman.

Sen. John Cornyn has already hired aides to start his reelection campaign process, long before it’s clear which Democrat he might face in 2020. Democratic state Sen. Royce West of Dallas has survived to face a runoff in the Texas race for U.S. Senate — against MJ Hegar of Round Rock.

I attended Vassar College and the London School of Economics. The coronavirus outbreak, by most measures, has given Cornyn an even bigger advantage as he runs for a fourth term. They are now doing all they can to tie Cornyn to the Trump administration’s slow response to the outbreak and to hammer him over health care, which their party believes is a winning issue for Democrats nationally — but especially against the Texas Republican, who played a crucial role in efforts to scrap the Affordable Care Act. July 13, 2020 Cornyn has already stockpiled more campaign cash than any other senator: $5.8 million. Cornyn also said it’s “too early” to say with certainty whether he will avoid a primary this time around, but the Cruz and Patrick endorsements were efforts to unify the party behind him and focus on the general election. This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. She says she drove “tens of thousands of miles” across the state during the primary “establishing relationships not with powerful people, but with voters.”, “The payoff of all of the hard work over the last year is we have such a strong foundation,” Hegar said. Three years after Harvey, Houston’s home repair program continues to lag.... New numbers suggest Houston still isn't containing COVID.