Cortney Niland Making All the Right Moves
Cortney Niland, candidate for the seat that will be vacated by Beto O'rourke and who is celebrating a birthday today, seems to be doing all the right things so far, despite being “too busy” to answer a few questions about her platform and candidacy. But like I said, I'm sure I'll get a chance to ask some questions of substance along the campaign trail, perhaps at a forum. She tossed her hat in the ring early. Right move. She apparently has associated herself with two skilled political operatives in Mark Smith and Rick Armendariz. Right move. It now appears that she will have the financial backing of two big Republican donors, Woody Hunt and Bob Hoy. Let me clarify what I mean by Republican donors. They are donors who are Republicans but they frequently donate to Democratic candidates and don't exclusively fund Republicans. Sources close to the two have indicated that they intend to contribute to Niland's campaign. Its early, but Niland appears to be ready to hit the...