| Larry Gilgore, former Republican Guberntorial candidate best known for his secessionist political stances, has announced he is withdrawing from this year's contest and throwing his support to GOP gubernatorial primary candidate Debra Medina. Kilgore received just over 50,000 votes representing less than 8% of the 2006 GOP gubernatorial primary vote, over 225,00 votes or 18.5% of the 2008 U.S. Senate primary vote against John Cornyn.
From Kilgore's statements in the last 24 hours he writes about why he's decided to make this move.
I, Larry Kilgore, officially withdraw from the Texas Gubernatorial race. Thank you campaign supporters for all your hard work. The campaign has always been about Texas Secession and not about me; therefore the campaign for Texas Secession has not ended. I will continue to work with others to protect individuals and local governments from US and Texas government oppression.
He then offered his official endorsement on Facebook, where he had gathered over 2,500 supporters.
Debra Medina - Please accept my endorsement. I encourage the 226,000 Republicans that voted for me in 2008 to vote for you. Your character and actions will restore honor to the office of Texas Governor.
Medina, with nearly 4,500 facebook supporters, hails from the more libertarian, Ron Paul, Tea Party wing of the Republican Party and is currently polling in the high single digits in available polling in the GOP gubernatorial primary- a margin that could be decisive in the larger race between Perry and Hutchison should it tighten in the coming months.
Debra Medina won't win the Republican nomination, with our without Kilgore's support. Maybe she should seriously consider going after signatures to found a Texas Tea Party with ballot access. |
