In TX-32, Collins’ Republican rival Floyd McLendon was just named to the NRCC’s “Young Guns” watch list
It was all going so well for Genevieve Collins until she had to start actually campaigning.
Last year, Collins jumped into the GOP primary for Texas’ 32nd Congressional District and was quickly placed on Washington Republicans’ “Young Guns” watch list.
But earlier this month, Collins suffered through 30 minutes of an awkward, halting interview with CBS DFW’s Jack Fink in which she came out against any new gun safety laws, said the GOP Tax Scam was great for corporations and opposed efforts to lower the cost of prescription drugs.
That’s when things really started to go on the fritz.
Soon after came this damning Dallas Morning News headline: “Congressional candidate Genevieve Collins fails to submit personal financial disclosure report,” and with it came Collins’ laugh-out-loud claim that a “software problem” prevented her from following the law. (P.S., she works at a software company.)
And after rival Republican candidate Floyd McLendon posted a respectable $238,000 Q4 haul, Washington Republicans began to hedge their bets amid Collins’ sputters and stumbles.
Now, the NRCC has placed Collins’ GOP rival Floyd McLendon on their “Young Guns” watch list, too.
Sorry, Genevieve. Good luck with those “software problems.”
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