It is rare for an incumbent to press a challenger to debate rather than vice versa — usually a sign of vulnerability. State Sen. Morgan LaMantia (D-South Padre Island) is vulnerable, and her ad challenging Republican Adam Hinojosa to debate just confirms what she and everyone else already knew.
LaMantia is up on television with one of her closing ads — her family’s self-funding prowess behind it — jabbing the challenger for avoiding debates.
