Buzbee for Lt. Governor
By Karl-Thomas Musselman
Word from high level sources in the Texas Democratic Party has it that prominent Galveston attorney and former Galveston County Democratic Chair Tony Buzbee is moving closer to running for Lieutenant Governor in 2006. Buzbee, a Marine veteran and so called "legal genius type" has been rumored to be able to self finance his campaign. The Fort Worth Star Telegram ran a piece on him back in August and had this to say...
A little-known outsider with a sizable personal fortune and a central-casting resume says he's giving serious consideration to mounting a challenge against Republican Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst next year.
Tony Buzbee, a 37-year-old lawyer and former chairman of the Galveston County Democratic Party, said the state's GOP leaders are spending too much time fighting among themselves and too little time solving problems like school finance. So he was receptive when some Democratic elders approached him a few weeks ago encouraging him to run for statewide office.
"I'm looking seriously at it, but I haven't said yes or no," said Buzbee, a former Marine Corps captain who led troops in combat during the Persian Gulf War. "I really don't like the way our state is being run right now, and I believe that those of us who have made something in our lives need to be willing to give something back."
The son of a butcher and a school cafeteria worker, Buzbee has made millions of dollars representing injured workers suing big companies and was named one of the top five commercial litigation attorneys in the state in 2003 and a "rising star" in 2004 by Texas Monthly.
Dobbs also had some comments back then on this post. I feel that this is great news if it pans out, because right our nominee is the Alvarado sister half of the Alvarado team, assuming they end up on the ballot. Let's round out the rest of those statewide spots as we ask Texans to Step Up.
So prepared to get buzzed about Buzbee. (And maybe you too can be those high level sources over at the TDP.)
Posted by Karl-Thomas Musselman at September 30, 2005 01:22 PM
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Are you on drugs? Dewhurst is certainly not vulnerable to a challenge from a Trial lawyer.
Dewhurst beat up on Sharp for taking Trial Lawyer money in 2002 and it was vital in his victory.
Plus Buzbee got killed in a race for State Rep back in '02 - that makes him viable?
Dewhurst spent $28 million to get elected. I don't think this guy has that kind of dough to pump into a hopeless cause.
Plus Dewhurst is viewed as the reasonable more mainstream of the big three (Perry, Dewhurst, Craddick).
Democrats need to run somebody, just not a liberal Trial Lawyer.
