| − | In 2019, Reverend Pomeroy announced his candidacy for the District 21 seat in the Texas State Senate. As the [[Republican Party|Republican]] nominee, he faces in the general election on November 3, 2020, the incumbent [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] Judith Passas Zaffirini (born 1946) of [[Laredo]], who has held the seat after defeating state Representative [[William N. Hall, Jr.]], in the 1986 Democratic [[primary]] for the state Senate. Zaffirini since has rarely faced a competitive opponent in her presumably safe-Democratic district . | + | In 2019, Reverend Pomeroy announced his candidacy for the District 21 seat in the Texas State Senate. As the [[Republican Party|Republican]] nominee, he faces in the general election on November 3, 2020, the incumbent [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] Judith Passas Zaffirini (born 1946) of [[Laredo]], who has held the seat after defeating state Representative [[Billy Hall (Texas politician)|William N. "Billy" Hall, Jr.]], in the 1986 Democratic [[primary]] for the state Senate. Zaffirini since has rarely faced a competitive opponent in her presumably safe-Democratic district . |
| | Regarding his Senate campaign, Pomeroy said: | | Regarding his Senate campaign, Pomeroy said: |