Meet the candidates running to beat John Cornyn

by Signal Staff | Oct 29, 2019 | 2020 Elections, Politics

Couldn’t make it to the Texas Signal’s U.S. Senate Forum? That’s ok, you can watch the candidates here in the order that they appeared.

MJ Hegar

Cristina Tzintzún Ramirez

Amanda Edwards

Chris Bell

Royce West

Sema Hernandez

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