Cristina Tzintzún Ramirez running for U.S. Senate

News and updates from Austin's news in your inbox Email not displaying correctly? [View Online]( [Statesman]( MORNING HEADLINES Start your day with a fresh roundup of news, features and commentary. Monday's Top Story [Cristina Tzintzún Ramirez running for U.S. Senate]( [Cristina Tzintzún Ramirez running for U.S. Senate]( Cristina Tzintzún Ramirez, an Austin-based civil rights activist, is running for U.S. Senate, drawing a sharp contrast between herself - a "pretty damn feisty" person - and the three-term Republican senator she hopes to replace, John Cornyn - who she said "plays a gentleman." [Read More »]( Local News [Police: Registered sex offender charged with harboring runaway child]( [Police: Registered sex offender charged with harboring runaway child]( Austin police have arrested a man who they say was harboring a runaway juvenile who had been missing for nearly a month, officials said. 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