Sen. John Cornyn is not the only Texas Republican to face a race in 2014. Several House members will face challenges within their own party this March, or competitive races this November. The filing deadline passed on Monday evening to run for Congress from the Lone Star State. Rep. Steve Stockman, R-Texas, served up the biggest surprise with his last-minute challenge to Cornyn. "He obviously was going to be looking at a difficult race in his own congressional seat, so he decided to try something different," Cornyn said Tuesday at the Capitol. "He wasn't on my radar screen, but neither were the other five or so other people who filed in ... the primary and the other five or so who filed in the general." Stockman faces an extremely difficult path to the GOP nomination. But so could a couple of his House colleagues seeking re-election. Here are some of the more interesting races: (more…)
