Rick Noriega—Texas

It takes plenty of courage to take on a well-connected Republican deep in the heart of deeply-red Texas. But courage is something that Rick Noriega has more than plenty of. He's been in combat before, real combat of the Afghanistan variety. And now he's on the front lines of politics in a battleground state, training his sights on John Cornyn and aiming to retake his Senate seat for the Blue Team.