Texas state Sen. Royce West State Sen. Royce West, who lost the Democratic Primary runoff to MJ Hegar, issued a statement this morning (Monday, Nov.
2), taking incumbent Republican U.S. Sen. John Cornyn to task for using West’s name and likeness in advertising. The most recent poll conducted by Morning Consult shows Democratic challenger MJ Hegar just 4 percentage points behind Cornyn, although Nate silver’s FiveThirtyEight.com polling aggregate site gives the clear advantage to Cornyn in that race.
West said, “By using my image and name without my consent to bolster his own name and make it appear as though I somehow support him, John Cornyn has once again shown that no tactic is too low for him when it comes to suppressing minority