The current state of the 13 flippable 2020 Senate seats

[TexasTowelie]

12. You know what they say about people that make assumptions?

I wasn't enthusiastic about MJ Hegar at the outset when she announced her run for the Senate because she never has held any elected office. At least Royce West, Chris Bell, and Amanda Edwards have won elections (and have law degrees) which puts all three of those contenders ahead of her when I was making my decision for whom to vote. To put it simply, Hegar isn't the most qualified candidate and her position on the mandatory gun buybacks reaffirmed my commitment to support one her opponents in the primary. Even though Hegar wasn't my preferred candidate, I will vote for her in the general election if she wins the primary runoff.

And as much as you don't like Cuellar, the majority of voters in that district do like him. I can't blame the voters for picking an incumbent that has a BA, MA, JD and Ph.D over a 26 year-old immigration attorney who doesn't even hold a license in Texas to practice law and who hasn't even lived in that congressional district for most of her life as an adult (four years of college, three years of law school, and one year in New York). Cisneros' advocacy for immigrants may have been a detriment to her in the primary election since I've had several Hispanics make comments to me about not allowing more immigrants into the country.

I don't believe that your opinion should overrule the will of the voters in that district--that is what democracy is all about. You can contribute to Cuellar's opponent in the 2022 primary if anyone decides to run against him. The boundary lines of that district will change prior to that election; however, the fact that Cuellar withstood this challenge after all of the money was poured into the primary from outside the district is going to make that race unattractive to any contenders in the future. If Cisneros hadn't received the endorsements from Justice Democrats, AOC, Warren, and Sanders along with the financial windfall that came with it, then the primary results wouldn't have been nearly so close.