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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Latino Victory Fund Announces Houston City Council Endorsement

by Signal Staff | Aug 10, 2023

Today Latino Victory Fund, a political action committee that backs progressive Latino candidates running for office, announced they were endorsing Mario Castillo in a Houston city council election. Castillo is running in District H, and previously served as the Chief...

A New Executive Director For The Texas Democratic Party

by Jessica Montoya Coggins | Aug 9, 2023

Last week the Texas Democratic Party announced that it had hired Monique Alcala as its new Executive Director. Alcala was most recently the Southwest Regional Director for EMILY’s List, the largest organization in the country devoted to electing progressive women into...

Lina Hidalgo Announces Mental Health Leave

by Jessica Montoya Coggins | Aug 7, 2023

This afternoon Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo announced she has been taking a leave of absence from her position to seek treatment for depression. The Houston Chronicle broke the news about Hidalgo, who has been at an inpatient facility since July. Throughout her...