July 22, 2019      4:39 PM

Taking only one shot at Cornyn, Sen. West launches US Senate bid in Dallas

West says he has the backing of 10 Texas Senators and 47 Texas House members; Ron Kirk says “It’s time to go West.”

DALLAS – To chants of “Go West,” Sen. Royce West, D-Dallas, announced his campaign for the US Senate this morning at a union hall in his district. The veteran Dallas County legislator is the latest Democrat to join what’s becoming a crowded field to try to take on Sen. John Cornyn.

“Unfortunately, I am not running for President of the United States,” West joked as he opened his remarks to the predominantly African American crowd gathered at the CWA hall.

Unlike M.J. Hegar of Round Rock, who lost a tight race to Congressman John Carter in 2018, Houston City Councilwoman Amanda Edwards and former Congressman Chris Bell of Houston, West has the backing of the majority of the party’s state legislators.

By James Russell

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