Burnt Orange Report

Confirmation for HD 47 Challenger

By Karl-Thomas Musselman

Quorum Report is a bit behind of us on this one, but has some background info to add to the mix.

Add Dennis Speight to the list of Democrats considering a run for Terry Keel's (R-Austin) soon to be open House seat.

Speight served as the finance director for the Partnership, an apparatus designed to help Democratic House members. Speight helped raise $1.3 million for the 2002 campaign. He now serves as the vice-chair for finance of the Texas Democratic Party. He also serves as Rep. Chuck Hopson's (D-Jacksonville) legislative aide. Speight was also president of the Texas Young Democrats for three years and has lived in the district for four years.

Over in HD 48 against Baxter, Democratic candidate Andy Brown is already starting to lob press releases at the incumbant. In addition, he's hired much of the campaign staff that he needs at this point as well as a top notch Austin fundraiser. The campaign staff met with one of the same tech people that met with John Courage this Wednesday. Look for integration of various components and coordination of technology and volunteers in HD 50, HD 48, and CD21. We're hoping to get HD 47's nominee into the same system, whomever that may end up being. So please don't tear each other aparty down there in a primary guys.