TX-31: Dems Vie for Incumbent Rep. John Carter's Round Rock Seat

Christine Eady Mann (christine4congress.com) ran in 2018 (losing to Hegar in the primary run-off) and resumed her campaign when Hegar opted to challenge Sen. John Cornyn this cycle. Eady Mann is a family practice physician, and her candidacy emphasizes health care – advocating universal coverage via an expansion of Medicare and Medicaid, a "public option" plan in the Affordable Care Act exchanges, and an eventual transition to a single-payer system. (Other issues: LGBTQ rights, women's rights, education, environment.)

• Murray Holcomb (murrayholcomb.com) is also a physician, and a trauma surgeon with Ascension Seton hospitals. He also cites health care reform as a priority, advocating a transition to a "single-payer universal system" through expanding Medicare and a public option, although with some continuing, undefined role for "the private sector." (Other issues: immigration reform, gun safety, environmental protection.)

• Donna Imam (votefordonna.com), a computer engineer, has served on the board of ProductCamp Austin, a nonprofit that hosts educational events for product managers. Her campaign features "Health Care for All" (moving toward single-payer), "Education for All" (reducing higher education costs), and "Real Pay for All" (promoting living wages).

• Omar Kadir (omar31.com) is an accountant who ran for Williamson County Treasurer in 2018. He supports Medicare for All, the Green New Deal, and "Vote for Our Lives," a movement aimed at boosting the youth vote to reduce gun violence.

• Jeremiah Landin (landinforcongress.com) is a recent college graduate currently working at a tech company call center. He's emphasizing his youth and running as an LGBT/Latino candidate, campaigning to bring down pharmaceutical costs, end mandatory minimum sentencing, and support immigration reform and congressional term limits.

• Jon Curtis (curtis2020.org) is a small online business owner with a background in corrections and code enforcement. His priority issues include Medicare for All, education (relieving student loan debt), and living wages.

• Eric Hanke (hankefortexas.com) is a singer/songwriter with a day job as a retirement counselor for public employees. He supports campaign finance reform, better gun regulation, opening Medicare to choice, reproductive choice, and fully funding Social Security.

• Jeremy Bravo (bravoforcongress.com) joined the candidate list a few days ago; he describes his professional career as "helping organizations and individuals use the momentum of change for growth and improvement." His initial campaign profile is thin – he's working "together for Texas," opposes gun violence, and says he'll "listen to his constituents."

Of the eight declared Democrats, only two – Eady Mann and Holcomb – have thus far raised and spent substantial sums; the others have reported few financial resources or are recent entries without a Federal Election Commission filing.



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