Former Austin City Council Member Greg Casar and state Rep. Eddie Rodriguez, D-Austin are among four Democratic candidates running for the 35th Congressional District seat.
, most of the state and local unions, prominent Austinites like Adler and former state Sen. Wendy Davis, plus a slew of mostly municipal officials in Austin, San Marcos and San Antonio.
He counts himself as progressive in the mold of national figures like Ocasio-Cortez, but he also pointed to another Democrat with a growing profile, U.S. Rep."She has been so helpful to me in getting a good, strong sense on how to be a progressive who both fights and delivers in Congress," he said of Jayapal. "It’s important to be able to do both, to be able to both fight and deliver," he said.
In his television advertising, Casar promises to support Medicare for All, fix the power grid and pass regulations to fight global warming. He also backs a $15 dollar federal minimum wage. "From day one, I was impressed that Greg held his positions strongly but he understands that to win you’ve got to build a coalition, and that’s really important for any Democrat," said Matt Angle, a longtime Texas Democratic strategist who donated to Casar’s campaign."From the outside looking in, it sure looks like Greg is outworking Eddie," he said.At the same time, Rodriguez brings his own strengths to the race.for both his undergraduate and his law degrees.
In 2002, he was elected to the state House, just as Democrats lost control of the chamber. After 19 years in the chamber, he’s the dean of the Travis County state legislative delegation.
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