The coronavirus outbreak in the United States presents a seemingly endless number of systemic challenges. One big one: How do you hold elections in a pandemic?
That’s an urgent question in Texas, where statewide primary runoffs are scheduled for May 26, just over two months from now. Those races will determine the Democratic nominee to run against U.S. Senator John Cornyn, along with several down-ballot congressional, legislative, and countywide primaries for both parties.
It’s unclear what things in the state, or country, will look like by then. Uncertainty wrought by the coronavirus has turned the Texas political world on its head.
