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TexasTowelie

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2. Article from Gannett about the debate:
Sat Jun 6, 2020, 11:46 PM
Jun 2020
Democratic Senate hopefuls steer middle-of-the-road course in debate before July 14 runoff


AUSTIN — The two candidates in the Democratic runoff for the U.S. Senate nomination steered centrist courses Saturday night with neither veering into the other's lane, and both taking aim at three-term Republican John Cornyn.

MJ Hegar, a former Air Force helicopter pilot, was more aggressive toward Cornyn in the hour-long debate with state Sen. Royce West.

She hammered the incumbent as a Washington, D.C., insider who is too chummy with deep-pocket Republican voters and too beholden to the National Rifle Association.

West, a 27-year veteran of the Texas Senate, presented himself as the seasoned statesman who knows how to plow past partisan gridlock. But he also took aim at Cornyn when openings presented themselves.

Read more: https://www.caller.com/story/news/local/texas/state-bureau/2020/06/06/royce-west-and-mj-hegar-debate-ahead-july-14-senate-runoff-texas/3159612001/
(Corpus Christi Caller-Times)

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