Burnt Orange Report

Felix Alvarado for Governor? And His Sister For Lt. Governor?? Have I missed something?

By Vince Leibowitz

Felix Alvarado, A Fort Worth middle school assistant principal and candidate for U.S. Congress in Texas' CD 12 last year, has evidently announced his intention to enter the 2006 Democratic Primary for Governor.

And, his sister, Maria Luisa Alvarado, a career military office, is evidently running for Lt. Governor.

I'm not sure how I missed this, but it appears I'm not the only one. I can't find any mention of it here at BOR using the site search. At any rate, if I'm late on this one and somehow missed it, please forgive me.

I found out about Felix Alvarado's candidacy in the very last paragraph of a story on Kay Bailey Hutchison in the San Antonio Express News, the very same story Karl Thomas referenced in his earlier post "Kay Sheds A Tear":

Former U.S. Rep. Chris Bell of Houston is seeking the Democratic nomination for governor. Felix Alvarado, Fort Worth Middle School assistant principal, also said he plans to run in the Democratic primary.

And, I found out about Maria Luisa's candidacy via a link on her brother's website, which takes you to the front page of a website they both share, OneTexasForAll.com.

All I have to say is, "wow."

I'm not familiar with Alvarado's campaign in CD 12 last session and, based on her biography, it appears that Maria Alvarado is a newcomer to the political scene. So, given that only two candidates have thus far formally announced for Governor (even though the SAEN says Alvarado is considering a run, his website seems to indicate he's already decided), I obviously have no prediction on this worth sharing. It's still far, far too early. Tony Sanchez, John Sharp, Ted Lyon, and whoever else is considering running remain undecided. But, given the way these things work, I doubt the Democratic Primary will simply be a two-way race.

At any rate, I'm going to email both prospective candidates and see if I can get an e-mail interview of some sort.

Vince Leibowitz is County Chairman of the Democratic Party of Van Zandt County and a regular contributor to Burnt Orange Report. He may be reached at Vince_Leibowitz@verizon.net or Vince_Leibowitz@bluebottle.com