Democrats’ midterm weapon: Veteran candidates

Published April 24, 2018 4:01am ET



Texas’ 23rd District stretches along the Mexico border from San Antonio to El Paso, and Gina Ortiz-Jones has been traveling it a lot lately.

The former Air Force intelligence officer is hoping to be the Democratic candidate who can wrest the district’s House seat from Rep. Will Hurd, the Republican incumbent, in the November midterm election.

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