Burnt Orange Report

Where To See Your 2006 Democratic Hopefuls This Week

By Damon McCullar

TGIF folks! It's time for this week's installment of Where To See Your 2006 Democratic Hopefuls! This post has gotten long due to the number of candidates in the field. Use the extended entry to see what's going on this week and who is running for what! If anyone has any leads on candidates or knows of someone I'm leaving out, please email me or leave a comment.

Chris Bell
Chris Bell is a former US Congressman who is seeking the Democratic nomination for Governor.

8/23/2005 6:30pm
Chris Bell is coming back out to West Texas on August 23rd to speak to Midland and Odessa Democrats at a dinner hosted by the Texas Democratic Women of Midland! The dinner event starts at 6:30 PM at the Hilton Midland Plaza at 117 West Wall Street downtown.
Don't miss your chance to come hear Chris talk about his vision for Texas! For more details or to RSVP, contact Gloria Greer.

8/27/2005: Chris will be traveling to East Texas in late August to address the Rural Texas Democratic Summit. The Rural Summit starts on Friday evening with a Blue Ribbon Ball, and then on Saturday there's a full day of meetings, workshops, and exciting guest speakers. Chris will be addressing the gathering on Saturday morning. The Rural Summit is being held at the Ramada Inn, 3310 Troup Highway,
in Tyler. Regristration for the conference is $25 per person, and space is limited so register today! Register by phone at 903-530-5157 or by email at etdemsummit@hotmail.com. Ramada Inn,

8/28/2005: Chris is proud to be joining Hays County Democrats on Sunday, August 28th as they hold their annual LBJ Birthday Party celebration at the world-famous Salt Lick BBQ restaurant, 18001 FM 1826, in Driftwood. Check out the HCDP website for all the details. See you there!

Felix Alvarado is seeking the Democratic nomination for Governor.

Felix Alvarado will be at the the August 26, 2005 meeting of Texas
Democratic Women-South Plains. It will take place at Furr's Family Dining, 6001 Slide Road, Lubbock around Noon

Maria Alvarado is running for Lt. Governor.

David Van Os
David Van Os is running for Attorney General. Check out his new website.

8/19: IBEW 7th District Conference, Austin
8/20: No-nonsense rally in Austin, Texas 10:00 a.m.
8/20: NWPC--National Womens Political Caucus Noon Luncheon
8/20: Camp Casey, Van Os family and friends will be at Camp Casey in support of peace.
8/25: Franklin County League of Democrats, Mount Vernon
Rachel will be the guest of the Texas Democratic Women chapter in Palestine at the same time.
8/26-27: Rural Democratic Summit, Tyler

Barbara Radnofsky
Barbara is running for Senate against Kay Bailey Hutchinson.

Barbara was in El Paso Wednesday through Friday where she has toured the El Paso Rail Yard ( a major source of jobs in El Paso which Senator Hutchison seems willing to relocate to New Mexico), visited Cinco Puntos Press and the El Paso County Democratic Headquarters, attended two receptions in her honor, and addressed the Mayor’s El Paso Regional Economic Summit and the West El Paso Tejano Democrats.

After leaving El Paso Friday morning, Barbara flew to Lubbock, where she is attending a fundraiser Friday evening, August 19th, hosted by Sue Weninger at the Caprock Winery, 408 Woodrow Road, Lubbock.

Saturday August 20th Barbara will have breakfast with the National Grain Sorghum Growers Board in Lubbock, have a private fundraiser in the afternoon, and attend the Cattle Barron’s Ball Saturday evening. She returns to Houston Sunday to spend her last day with her son Max before he leaves to begin study as a freshman at Texas A & M.

Next week Barbara will join Burnt Orange’s own Karl-Thomas Musselman for the Gillespie County Fair and Parade in Fredericksburg. She will be in Fredericksburg and Kerrville from Thursday through Saturday. Look for her in the Yellow Dog Convertible in the parade Friday morning!

Charlie Thompson
Charlie is a retired Naval Flight Officer exploring a run for Congress in CD-5

Daivd Harris
David Harris is running for Congress in CD 6

Shane Sklar
Shane Sklar is running for Congress in CD-14.

John Courage
John Courage is running for Congress in the CD-21.

John will be attending the Northwest Bexar County Democrats meeting in San Antonio at 8:30 AM Saturday Aug.20th at the Luby's Cafeteria in Bandera Rd.

On Saturday the 20th in Austin, I will also be meeting with a representative of the Project 90 group out of Washington DC to garner their national support for my campaign.

On Sunday the 21st I will be attending a fundraising event for the San Antonio Area Progressive Action Coalition at the Bethany Congregational Church, 500 Pilgrim (at Panda), inside Loop 410 in San Antonio.

Nick Lampson
Nick Lampson is running against Tom DeLay for Congress in CD-22.

Nick will be at a morning coffee at the home of Rick and Kelly King, 3622 Shady Grove Drive in Manvel, TX (Brazoria Co.) on Saturday.

Nick will attend Indiafest in Houston later in the day at the George R. Brown Center.

Mary-Beth Harrel
Mary-Beth Harrel is running for Congress in CD 31

Andy Brown
Andy Brown is running for State Representative in District 48.

Andy Brown will be blockwalking this weekend. Come meet Andy, talk to West Austin voters, and work on your tan! Contact Marc at 636-4345 or at marc@voteandy.com for more information.

Dan Barrett
Dan is runing for State Representative in District 97.

Diane Henson
Diane is running for the 3rd Court of Appeals

Charles Baird
Charles is running for the 299th district court here in Austin. Let's get behind him and Keep Austin Blue.