Austin (AP) – Texas Republican John Cornyn and Democrat MJ Hegar clashed over the response to the cornavirus pandemic and the confirmation of a Supreme Court justice Friday night in the only scheduled debate of their U.S. Senate race. Cornyn, who has been in the Senate since 2002, and is seeking a fourth term, faces an unusually difficult fight in fast-changing Texas. Hegar, an Air Force veteran who narrowly lost a U.S. House race in 2018, is an underdog in a state where Democrats haven’t won a state office in 25 years. Early voting begins Tuesday in Texas.
