TX-31: Two Democrats vie for 31st Congressional District nomination
A family physician and a computer engineer will face off in the Tuesday Democratic runoff for the 31st Congressional District.
Dr. Christine Eady Mann and Donna Imam are seeking the Democratic Party nomination to face nine-term incumbent U.S. Rep. John Carter, R-Round Rock, in November.
Mann, 55, previously ran for the seat in 2018 and finisherd second behind Air Force veteran MJ Hegar, a Democrat who later lost to Carter by 3 percentage points.
Mann said the nation’s response to the coronavirus crisis would be aided by her medical knowledge in Congress.
“It’s an obvious thing to most people that we would be in a different place if we had physicians sitting at the table running things in our national government. It’s always been, for me, a positive to be a doctor because health care is such a mess in the country,” Mann previously told the Telegram. “The way we’re going to get that fixed is to have people who have a deep understanding of how our health care system works. The pandemic has really shown a light on how badly the system is messed up.”
Imam is a first-time candidate. It was clear Imam was a political newcomer when the Telegram asked the Democrat for her age 15 times during a recent interview. She refused to disclose it, saying age could be used to discriminate against her and that voters should focus on her work experience.
“Voters need to know the value that I bring and I think the most important thing is I have an 18-year career in technology, so you can do your own math and figure out where I am,” Imam said before disclosing her age, 44, in a follow-up call.
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