Most of all, Chip Roy is a man that has surrendered his life totally to his Lord Jesus Christ, and everything Chip Roy does, he does first on his knees, seeking the will of his Father. Trump Promotes Health Care ‘Vision,’ But Dems Say It’s ‘Bogus’, Trump Targets Surprise Costs, Pre-Existing Conditions, All Workers Need Paid Family And Medical Leave, Prudential Says, COVID-19 Causing Workers To Take A Closer Look At Benefits, MetLife Says, COVID-19 Prompts More Adults To Consider Life Insurance, John Bultema Named President & CEO Of Columbus Life, More Adults Consider Life Insurance Amid Pandemic, BankersWorksite® Moves the Needle with TBX® Partnership, SBLI & Afficiency Inc. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. The 21st Congressional District in Texas will have two heavyweights battling for the seat. "I'd be happy to debate Wendy or anybody else on these topics.". But if the 21st District is emerging as a kind of Gettysburg in an increasingly acrimonious electoral civil war being waged across the country, it is also a proving ground for the asymmetric warfare being waged by Democrats and Republicans, an outcome as novel as the coronavirus that led to it. But don’t take the closeness of is victory make it seem like he’s not popular. (Atlas backs a "herd immunity" strategy of allowing the coronavirus to spread widely to build resistance to it.). Now represented by freshman Republican Rep. Chip Roy, who lives just outside Austin in Hays County, the seat is, political forecasters agree, a toss-up. (Per Abbott's order masks are not required while eating, drinking or seated at a restaurant to eat or drink.). "How do I know all of this?" While in-person campaigning may be presumed to be more effective, perhaps in these new circumstances, the same brio that might work on a Republican voter would repel a Democrat, and the same caution a Democrat might appreciate might frustrate a Republican. The 21st District was growing by leaps and bounds, the district's citizen voting age population swelling by 20% between 2000 and 2018. "Just a few years ago, polling Americans on the question of abortion demonstrated that a majority of Americans, a majority of Texans believe that women should have this choice in varying degrees. ", "I wouldn't have a Sunday, for example, to have Sawyer and Ellis come spend the day with me," she said. "Remember that when people talk about it -- `Oh, she was just standing up for women's health' -- she was standing up for third trimester abortions, and I think that is directly out of sync with the values of this district," Roy said. I was wrong. But six years later, Davis, 57, is "bubbie" to her two granddaughters, Ellis, 4, and Sawyer, 2, a new role that she said has refocused her objectives both political and personal. ©2020 FOX Television Stations, How to use and remove gloves, masks safely, Man finds monkey selfies after mischievous primate steals phone, ‘I am truly humbled by the prospect’: Amy Coney Barrett accepts Supreme Court nomination, Republicans expecting Trump to nominate Amy Coney Barrett to Supreme Court, Trump nominates Amy Coney Barrett to Supreme Court, Trump unveils 'Platinum Plan' for Black Americans at campaign event in Atlanta, More than 40 razor blades found on Michigan playground, Kalahari Resort in Round Rock holds drive-thru job fair, Protesters clash with customers at Uptown Dallas restaurant, Man finds 9.07-carat diamond, thought it was a piece of glass, Stranded dog rescued from bridge 120 feet above Mississippi River.