{"id":1968420,"date":"2023-07-10T10:54:05","date_gmt":"2023-07-10T14:54:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/second-democrat-joins-race-to-challenge-texas-sen-ted-cruz\/"},"modified":"2023-07-10T10:54:39","modified_gmt":"2023-07-10T14:54:39","slug":"second-democrat-joins-race-to-challenge-texas-sen-ted-cruz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/second-democrat-joins-race-to-challenge-texas-sen-ted-cruz\/","title":{"rendered":"Another Democrat enters race against Texas Sen. Ted Cruz."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsecond-democrat-joins-race-to-challenge-texas-sen-ted-cruz%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1968420&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Texas State Sen. Roland Gutierrez Launches Campaign to Unseat Sen. Ted Cruz<\/h2>\n<p>Texas state Sen. Roland Gutierrez has boldly stepped into the ring, challenging Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) in next year&#8217;s elections. Gutierrez, the second Democrat to take on the Texas Republican, made his campaign announcement in a captivating video that touched on significant events in the Lone Star State.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Out of the darkest days, the people of Uvalde became more than constituents. They became family,&#8221; Gutierrez expressed in his campaign video, referring to the district he represents. &#8220;We joined together to demand change.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Gutierrez, a staunch supporter of Second Amendment rights, emphasized the need for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tighter-background-check-legislation-burdens-law-abiding-citizens-wont-reduce-crime-expert\/\" title=\"Tighter Background Check Legislation Burdens Law-Abiding Citizens, Won\u2019t Reduce Crime: Expert\">tighter gun laws<\/a> following the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/second-democrat-joins-race-to-challenge-texas-sen-ted-cruz\/\" title=\"Another Democrat enters race against Texas Sen. Ted Cruz.\">tragic school massacre<\/a> in Uvalde. He stated, &#8220;I\u2019m a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/5-things-gun-owners-need-to-know-about-bidens-new-gun-control-czar\/\" title=\"5 Things Gun Owners Need To Know About Biden\u2019s New Gun Control Czar\">proud gun owner<\/a> and believer in the Second Amendment, but after 19 children and two teachers died, the Republicans wouldn\u2019t even allow us an opportunity to talk about ways to protect our kids.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Everything that we&#8217;ve seen in this state has been nothing but taking care of rich people while the poor people, the working class, get screwed over,&#8221; Gutierrez passionately declared, explaining his motivation to run against Cruz.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Earlier this year, Rep. Colin Allred (D-TX) became the first Democrat to challenge Cruz. Allred, a rising star within the House Democratic Caucus, emphasized the importance of a Senator who truly represents Texas. He recently announced raising an impressive $6.2 million in the second quarter of 2023.<\/p>\n<p>With Gutierrez now entering the race, Allred faces a formidable primary battle. The ultimate victor will then face the daunting task of defeating Cruz in the deeply conservative state of Texas. Democrat Beto O&#8217;Rourke, another rising star, came close to unseating Cruz during the 2018 midterm elections.<\/p>\n<p>Gutierrez highlighted key Democratic policies, including the reversal of abortion restrictions, increased access to healthcare, and the improvement of the state&#8217;s infrastructure. &#8220;It&#8217;s time we turn frustration into action,&#8221; he passionately declared.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Texas state Sen. Roland Gutierrez aims to oust Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), becoming the second Democrat to challenge him in the upcoming elections. Gutierrez&#8217;s campaign was launched with a video referencing the tragic 2022 Uvalde school massacre, which claimed the lives of two teachers and 19 children.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1968421,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1968420","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1968420","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1968420"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1968420\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1968421"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1968420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1968420"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1968420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}