Texas State Sen. Roland Gutierrez has entered the Democratic primary for U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz's seat. Ed Espinoza and Matt Mackowiak join FOX 7 Austin's Mike Warren to discuss.
Well, I mean, he has a lot to say. Right. I mean, Texas has had something like a dozen mass shootings in the past 10 to 14 years. So I think that this is a major issue when you look at the huge polling that has come out. Gun violence is the second-highest polling concern on people's minds in Texas. So that is a big issue. By the way, this is not the only issue he is running on in his announcement today.
Yeah. So he's not up for reelection. He drew a four-year term in the state Senate. So this basically makes this Senate bid a free shot for him. He doesn't have to give up his seat, doesn't have to choose which office he's going to seek. So I think this is as much about raising the issues that matter to him as raising his profile, raising his donor base for the future as probably anything else. Look, Colin Allred is a sitting member of Congress from North Texas.
, but we had a lot of Republicans down ballot lose. So Cruz is going to want to win by a much bigger margin. And I think he'll be held by the Republican nominee, whoever that is.that I have read and agree
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