THE CANDIDATES

MJ Hegar

Decorated Air Force pilot who led a lawsuit against the Pentagon challenging restrictions on women in aviation units. Hegar came just shy of flipping a longtime Republican congressional seat in 2018.

Cristina Tzintzún Ramirez

Previously led groups advocating for workers’ and immigrants’ rights, hoping to energize voters with an unabashedly progressive platform.

Amanda K. Edwards

A former Houston city council member touting her work on city task forces focused on supporting startups and minorityowned businesses.

Royce West

A longtime state senator from Dallas touting a record of working across the aisle in the Texas Legislature and a slew of endorsements from other state lawmakers.

Chris Bell

The former Houston city council member, one-term congressman and 2006 Democratic nominee for governor is hoping to return to Washington, D.C.

Sema Hernandez

A environmental justice advocate, Hernandez is a Democratic socialist making her second bid for U.S. Senate after claiming a quarter of the vote in the 2018 primary.

Annie “Mamá” Garcia

A Houston business owner, nonprofit founder and political newcomer who says access to universal health care in Spain saved the life of her daughter, who was born with a heart defect.

Michael Cooper

Beaumont NAACP chair who narrowly lost in the 2018 Democratic primary for lieutenant governor, now running on a platform of equal pay for women and free college education for teachers.

Adrian Ocegueda

An El Paso native and relative political newcomer running on a platform of “structural change” after drawing 4 percent of the vote in the 2018 Democratic primary for governor in 2018.

Victor H. Harris

A retired Army commander from the Rio Grande Valley who grew up in Mexico and is emphasizing immigration reform and border security.

Jack Daniel Foster Jr.

A political newcomer from southeast Texas running for U.S. Senate on a platform focused on empowering Texas counties.