Julian Castro and Ron Kirk should be the Democratic nominee for the 2018 TX US Senate and the 2018
TX Governor's Race. Castro should run for US Senate, Kirk should run for Governor. Castro and Kirk were both big city mayors in TX, Castro-San Antonio, Kirk-Dallas, Castro and Kirk also served in the Obama Administration, Castro-HUD Secretary, Kirk-Trade Representative, Castro and Kirk running for statewide office TX in 2018 could increase voter turnout in the black and hispanic community resulting either Cruz-R(US Senator) and/or Abbott-R (Governor) in losing. Cruz and Abbott do not have the luxury of benefitting from Bush43's-R popularity in TX in 2002 and 2006, and Obama's-D unpopularity in TX in 2010 and 2014. Trump-R will be a liability in TX in 2018. O'Rourke should seek re-election to his US House district, then challenge Cornyn-R in 2020 for the other TX US Senate seat.