WASHINGTON A new political organization launched by African-American business executives is expanding quickly and will endorse 14 House, Senate and gubernatorial candidates on Monday, as it seeks to push black economic issues to the forefront of November's midterm elections. The Black Economic Alliance is putting its financial clout and connections behind candidates in high-profile races.
Colin Allred and Lillian Salerno are in the Democratic runoff in May for congressional District 32. That seat is currently held by U.S. Rep. Pete Sessions, R-Dallas. The two Democrats running for one of the national party's top Texas targets for 2018 have a lot in common.
In this Dec. 6, 2017, file photo, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, speaks during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. Texas Democrats have turned out in force ahead of their state's first-in-the-nation primary Tuesday, March 6 2018, even though their party remains a longshot to win much.
Lizzie Pannill Fletcher, a Democrat running for the 7th Congressional District seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, and her husband, Scott Fletcher, walk out of the polling place at St. Anne's Catholic Church after voting in the primary election on Tuesday, March 6, 2018, in Houston. A voter stops to look at primary election signs outside the polling place at St. Anne's Catholic Church on Tuesday, March 6, 2018, in Houston.