Texas Sen. Pat Fallon (R) told a Tea Party group Monday that he is exploring a primary challenge to Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) after waiting fruitlessly for a “viable conservative” to step up to the plate.
According to the Texas Tribune, he told members of the True Texas Project Monday night that he wants to energize the right like former Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D-TX) did the left in 2018.
Cornyn, for his part, is lining up high-profile endorsements, releasing a video touting the support of President Donald Trump, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), Gov. Greg Abbott and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick hours before Fallon broke his news.
Good luck with that.
i wonder if that would help the Dem candidate in the general?
And this is why Beto needs to get back to TX and run for the seat. There may be an opportunity here.
It might if the far right gets pissed off when their boy loses to Cornyn. They might just sulk and stay home. However, I doubt he will get very many votes, Cornyn has been sucking up to the far right on a regular basis.
"Texas Sen. Pat Fallon ® told a Tea Party group Monday that he is exploring a primary challenge to Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) after waiting fruitlessly for a “viable conservative” to step up to the plate."
That Cornyn is not “conservative enough” should come as news to his constituents.
https://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/report-cards/2017/senate/ideology