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December 20, 2005
Eight House Republicans still need challengers
These DeLay robots are currently unchallenged for the November ballot. Several of them are only in office today because The Hammer redrew their districts. Since we're going to take out the boss, let's knock off a few of his lickspittles while we're at it:
Louis Gohmert (TX-1: East Texas, including Tyler, Longview, Marshall, and Lufkin)
Ted Poe (TX-2: Southeast Texas, including Kingwood, Beaumont, and Port Arthur)
Mike Conaway (TX-11: West Texas, including Midland, Odessa, San Angelo, and Brownwood)
Kay Granger (TX-12: NW Fort Worth suburbs, including White Settlement, Aledo, and Weatherford)
Mac Thornberry (TX-13: the Panhandle, from Wichita Falls and Mineral Wells all the way to Amarillo)
Henry Bonilla (TX-23: Big Bend, from Laredo and Kerrville all the way out to Fort Stockton and Pecos)
Michael Burgess (TX-26: a middle slice of the Metroplex, from Fort Worth north through H-E-B to Denton and Gainesville)
Pete Sessions (TX-32: north and west Dallas suburbs, including Irving, University Park, and Richardson)
Go here, find the district's number in the list, and click on "preview map" to see the part of Texas each of these GOP rubberstamps represents.
Of course, if you'd rather serve the public a little closer to home, or in Austin, there are many other positions availble for filing at the county and statehouse level. Thinking about running for office? Check out this page from the Texas Democratic Party. It's a list of all the things you need to do to get on the ballot. For Congressional candidates, the main requirement is either a filing fee of $3,125 or 500 signatures.
People, this is the People's Party, and we need more people. Like you.
Posted by Perry Dorrell at December 20, 2005 06:56 AM | Permalink
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Comments
The 32nd (Sessions) has two announced but as yet unfiled Democratic candidates: Pauline Dixon and Will Pryor, according to this list from the Dallas County Democratic Party.
Posted by: PDiddie at December 20, 2005 09:15 AM
Rick Bolaños, Vietnam veteran and leader in Veterans for Kerry, will be challenging Bonilla in the 23rd. Rick already has the support of former Sen. Max Cleland, Gov. Bill Richardson and Sen. Kerry.
Posted by: Marie at December 20, 2005 09:40 AM
And according to the Texas Democratic Party, a fellow named Roger Owen has filed to run in CD01.
Moral of the story: Don't trust a guy from California, who's quoting from a guy in Indiana, to tell you about what's going on in Texas.
Posted by: Charles Kuffner at December 20, 2005 02:39 PM
Lieutenant Governor is glaringly missing from that list. Any further word on Buzbee?
Posted by: Lyn Wall at December 20, 2005 03:19 PM
I got nuthin'...
But I do know that Jim Henley and David Murff will be on Channel 17, David Jones' program, this Thursday at 6:30 pm.
Posted by: PDiddie at December 21, 2005 08:37 AM
FYI, we are attempting to make a yeoman's effort of keeping up with candidate filings and rumored filings over at TexasTuesdays.com. The state party site has just the officially filed candidates.
Posted by: Greg Wythe at December 21, 2005 02:51 PM