A week ago, it was reported that Royce West continues to "do his due diligence" about running in the Dem primary to face John Cornyn.
Reality? Royce is taking about as long to shit or get off the pot on this decision as Joaquin Castro, and having lived in his state senate district most the previous decade, I say he'll probably get off the pot.
First, he likes his little south Dallas barony that being a part time legiscritter allows.
Second, he took a pass at challenging Cornyn on a previous cycle. He also took a pass on running for Dallas County DA in the year that Craig Watkins won. This is probably in part related to No. 1, and in part related to other things. Related to that? He and former Houston black state senate peer Rodney Ellis both have taken powders in the past on other statewide runs.
And point the third?
He's got too much of a black eye potential from old Dallas Inland Port shenanigans, as both I and Jim Schutze know. He also was MIA on some south Dallas development issues next to his beloved UNT-Dallas. And, the inland port issues would raise his connections with John Wiley Price. Read everything with my Royce West tag for more.
The only office he might run for other than his current one is Eddie Bernice Johnson's Congressional seat, if she ever decides to step down. It would let him run in an area roughly the same as his current state senate seat and thus pretty much avoid the baggage issues.
Given that she is 83, really, this needs to have already happened, you know? But, like many other a Congresscritter, she hasn't made it happen.
Reality? Royce is taking about as long to shit or get off the pot on this decision as Joaquin Castro, and having lived in his state senate district most the previous decade, I say he'll probably get off the pot.
First, he likes his little south Dallas barony that being a part time legiscritter allows.
Second, he took a pass at challenging Cornyn on a previous cycle. He also took a pass on running for Dallas County DA in the year that Craig Watkins won. This is probably in part related to No. 1, and in part related to other things. Related to that? He and former Houston black state senate peer Rodney Ellis both have taken powders in the past on other statewide runs.
And point the third?
He's got too much of a black eye potential from old Dallas Inland Port shenanigans, as both I and Jim Schutze know. He also was MIA on some south Dallas development issues next to his beloved UNT-Dallas. And, the inland port issues would raise his connections with John Wiley Price. Read everything with my Royce West tag for more.
The only office he might run for other than his current one is Eddie Bernice Johnson's Congressional seat, if she ever decides to step down. It would let him run in an area roughly the same as his current state senate seat and thus pretty much avoid the baggage issues.
Given that she is 83, really, this needs to have already happened, you know? But, like many other a Congresscritter, she hasn't made it happen.
