TX-10: 3 Democrats vie for Michael McCaul's seat

[RandySF]

Three Democrats are facing off in the March 3 primary for a shot to unseat U.S. Rep. Michael McCaul, an Austin Republican seeking his ninth term in Congress.

Austin physician Pritesh Gandhi, Austin lawyer Shannon Hutcheson and former Austin city attorney Mike Siegel are running for the Democratic nomination in the 10th Congressional District, which stretches from Northwest Austin to the Houston suburbs.

Early voting will start Tuesday and run through Feb. 28.

The race is likely to go to a runoff, and the winner will face an uphill climb against McCaul, who doesn’t have a primary opponent and has continued to outraise all three Democrats.

In the final quarter of 2019, McCaul raised $378,000 and reported $984,000 in his campaign coffers, according to the Federal Election Commission.

Gandhi raised the most money among the Democratic candidates with $258,000 during that same period, while Hutcheson raised $217,000. Siegel, who lost to McCaul by 4.3 percentage points in 2018, raised $96,000.

National Democratic operatives have set up an office in Austin to target the 10th District, among seven GOP-held Texas congressional districts that Democratic leaders have identified as winnable in 2020.



https://www.statesman.com/news/20200216/3-democrats-vie-for-michael-mccaulrsquos-seat

[TexasTowelie]

1. This district was gerrymandered to favor Republicans after the 2010 census.

I doubt that the voters in the Houston suburbs are going to get excited about the race since all of the Democrats are from Austin and those suburbs are about 50-50 with Republicans. The part of the district that is in Austin is liberal, but the remainder of the district is rural and leans Republican.