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September 16, 2005Where To See Your 2006 Democratic Hopefuls This WeekBy Damon McCullar
Barbara Radnofsky Thursday, September 15 6:30-8:30pm Reception/Fundraiser Saturday, September 17 6-9pm Mexican Institute Gala Monday, September 19 Evening meeting with supporters in Dallas Tuesday, September 20 Chris Bell Chris will be honored to serve as Master of Ceremonies on Friday evening at a banquet for the Houston Tejano Democrats at the Sheraton Suites Houston-Galleria. Chris is proud to be coming back to UT on Wednesday evening to speak with the UT University Democrats at 8 PM in Garrison Hall room GAR 1. The University Democrats did a great job in hosting Chris's official campaign launch last month on campus, and Chris is proud to be coming back to his alma mater once again to speak with Young Democrats about this race and what it means for the future of our state. University Democrats meetings are open to all students, so come on down to room GAR 1 on Wednesday night for your chance to meet Chris and hear him talk about his ideas for Texas! Chris will be in Abilene on September 22nd and is proud to be addressing a meeting of the Taylor County Democratic Club that evening. The meeting starts at 7 PM at the T&P Events Center on N. First St. For more information, contact TCDC President Royse Kerr at rlk@1tex.net. Felix Alvarado Felix Alvarado has a meeting with the University of North Texas Democrats at 7:00PM, Monday in the UNT main campus in Denton. It's in the Environmental Sciences Building room 125. Maria Alvarado is running for Lt. Governor. David Van Os Hank Gilbert David Harris is running for Congress in CD-06. 400 signatures and going strong! Tuesday and Thursday block walking continues. The campaign has been overwhelmed with the response to volunteer and support David as this battle progresses. On September 24th, the Greater Arlington Mansfield Democratic Women [http://www.tdw.org/GreaterArlingtonMansfieldTDW.html] will be hosting David at their Mansfield Hometown Festival Booth [http://www.mansfieldchamber.org/yearly_events.php]. David will be at the booth from 8-12 collecting signatures and talking to voters about Barton's recent vote of NO on HR 3673. Shane Sklar John Courage September 17, 2005 - Democrat John Courage is publicly launching his campaign to represent the voters of Central Texas' 21st Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives. Courage is expected to face incumbent Lamar Smith in the November 2006 election. For over thirty years Courage has served his state and his country as a member of the U.S. Air Force, as an educator and as a community leader. He and his supporters are boarding a school bus on September 17th and traveling throughout the District to announce his campaign in the following locations: * 10:00 am - Texas State Capital, Austin (east gate) Nick Lampson Henry Cuellar Richard Raymond Ciro Rodrigez Kirk Watson Mary-Beth Harrell Mary-Beth will be speaking at the monthly meeting of the Hamilton County Democrats on Sept. 22 at 7pm, in the Lee Conference Center on the southside of the courthouse square in Hamilton. She will also be speaking at the Election Workers Appreciation Lunch/Workshop hosted by the Williamson County Democrats Andy Brown 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 Paula Hightower-Pierson Diane Henson Charles Baird Comments
Something is wrong in the above post: Henry Cuellar Richard Raymond Ciro Rodrigez You're right...they are all running for CD-28. I've fixed it...thanks for the heads up. Posted by: Damon C at September 17, 2005 01:56 AMFor all of the Andy Brown haters out there, who don't believe he has what it takes to win let's just look at the facts and I think they speak for themselves. Post a comment
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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 