David Alameel, a Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate held by John Cornyn, has spent hundreds of thousands of dollars this month to air his first television ad of the 2014 cycle around the state.

In the ad, Alameel calls for withdrawing the remaining U.S. troops in Afghanistan and investing the savings on domestic needs such as education.

Alameel is in a five-way primary for the Democratic nomination.

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Aman Batheja was a political reporter and editor for the Tribune from 2012 to 2019. Previously he worked for eight years at the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, most of that time covering state and local politics....