TX-SEN: Democrat Chris Bell formally launches U.S. Senate campaign

[RandySF]

emocrat Chris Bell, the former Houston congressman and gubernatorial nominee, is formally announcing his U.S. Senate campaign.

Bell, who has been campaigning since early summer, is set to rev up his bid Wednesday with a video in which he calls the Republican incumbent, John Cornyn, a "water boy" for President Donald Trump and offers a sharpened pitch for why he is the best choice in the crowded primary.

"As the only candidate who’s been to Congress, I know how badly broken it is," Bell says. "I’ve fought the same political insiders that keep John Cornyn in power, and I know how to take them down."

Bell, also a former Houston City Council member, served one term in Congress in the early 2000s before falling prey to redistricting under then-U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, R-Sugar Land. As a freshman, Bell broke a seven-year truce among House members and filed an ethics complaint against DeLay that triggered a series of events leading to Delay's downfall.

Bell's announcement is not a surprise. In early July, he set up a campaign with the Federal Election Commission and said he planned to run but would announce at a later date.



https://www.texastribune.org/2019/09/18/chris-bell-senate-texas/

[Mersky]

1. Cornyn as water boy, hah, hehehe, yeah, and...

Amongst friends, I've called Cornyn a big leather chair with cigar burns.

Bell is a perennial candidate, and I'm gonna have to look at things a little closer. I'm not dissing him, I'm pondering. I like having a real primary coming up in TX.

[blogslut]

2. Cool

The more the merrier I say. :kick:

[Gothmog]

3. There are six or so Democrats running to be the Democratic nominee.

I like MJ Hegar right now. She has called both my son and me for donations. I know Chris. Chris burned some bridges inside the party by backing a republican against a Democrat in the HOUSTON Mayor’s race last cycle.

[Lisa0825]

4. Fuck Chris Bell.

I MJ

I don't easily forgive people who turn their backs on the Democratic party. He should run as a fucking Repug.

[Gothmog]

7. There are many in the party who share your view

[Mersky]

5. I'm pretty pumped about Hegar

I'm just pondersome. I've voted for Bell in the past. I don't know right now, k. K? Good. Again, I'm not dissing, am saying that options aren't a bad thing in TX.

[Gothmog]

6. I also really like Hegar

[Mersky]

8. Oh gosh, goodness

She was awesome. That campaign ad? Are you kidding me? She. Is. A. Badass.


Carter - I have family members who voted against him. Wouldn't know it to run into them at Walmart. I'm related to like half of Williamson County, seriously, like would not date anyone from there growing up. My folks people, who are the smart hillbillies, are tired of being asked to dig their own graves with a smile.