Beto would handily defeat Cornyn in 2020, who might decide to “retire” if Beto runs again for the Senate. People in TX believe in Beto for many reasons, including immigrants from CA and NY.
“Beto would handily defeat Cornyn in 2020.”
Possibly, but not handily. Cornyn is low-key but not handily beatable. I would also be surprised if he retired because he feared a powerful challenger. The dislikable Cruz beat Beto and would argue that being dislikable (Cruz) is more of a campaign liability than being low-key (Cornyn), particularly when running against a felonious fraud (Beto).