For about a week now, I have had reason to believe that Beto O’Rourke is not running for president, but he’s interested in running for Senate against John Cornyn.  He really, really wants to be a senator.

Politico picked up on it today.  There’s all kinda of political chess going on, with Texas Democrats feeling relief that we no longer have to beg candidates to run, but the new feeling of being tangled in primary fights kind of scares us.

Julián Castro lost a lot of goodwill when he decided to sit 2018 out. His presence in a statewide race might have carried the weight to have thrown the senate race to Beto and lifted other statewide candidates and judicial candidates.  There’s still some heavy resentment about that.

MJ Hagar, a female war hero and excellent candidate, came awfully close to beating a well financed incumbent Republican congressman in 2018.  She is also thinking about running against Cornyn. If not, she ought to take on the congressman again.

And there’s even talk of Wendy Davis running.  She has been conspicuously absent since losing the Governor race four years ago. Conspicuously.

I’m sure there will be lots of squirreling around through the summer so I haven’t even polished up the crystal ball yet.  Texas is getting to be fun.  Finally.