(bumped - promoted by Damon McCullar)
1:20pm The nominations committee have accepted the nominations of all declared candidates. Each candidate gets six minutes to speak. The  eople seconding nominations get two minutes to speak. I'll try to provide the highlights.
Boyd Richie:Boyd is speaking on the highlights of his six months. The voter file has been updated. A deputy press person has been appointed for hispanic media outreach. His biggest accomplishmet was the temporary restraining order against the GOP replacing Tom DeLay.
Glen Maxey: The party is relevant. It's relevent for eduction, ending the war in Iraq, helthcare, women's right to choose. To make the people relevant. We have to work in all counties, not just target certain races. Give donors a reason to invest in the party. We have to reach out to the bluest part of the state: south Texas. Build infrastructure through 2006 with 2008 in our sites. Organize not just in election years, but year round and prepare for every election for years to come.
Charlie Urbana-Jones: We must understand that the state party is disconnected from the grassroots. Get away from paid consultants and back to the grassroots. First, no slinging mud at fellow Democrats. Go to our communities and talk about the issues. Email is great, but we have to go door to door and talk to our neighbors. If you want to win the women's vote, you must run women candidates. We can't go to the trial lawyers anymore to finance the party. We need a small buisness agenda. We must reach out to the emerging Asian community. We much reach out to the high tech workers that thought they were Republicans until their jobs were sent overseas.
Kesha Rogers: (Ed Note: Oh my God, we have a LaRouge person running. This should be interesting.)In danger of losing our principals as a nation. We must go back to the ideals of FDR. Challege the traditions necessary to have an impact on the community. Get Cheny our now. Fought strong to bring down Tom DeLay by going door to door. Bring in young people and the counties not represented here. Take Texas out of the Bushes and into the future without DeLay.
We are about to go into caucus. I'll get
back to you when the talleys start to come in.
3:00 Well SD 14 is done voting (Travis County) the rough numbers were 80% Maxey, 15% Boyd and 5% Jones. When the offical talley is given of the whole convention I'll get back to you. With four candidates, there is always the possiblity of a runoff.
3:35 All but four districts are in and the results are as follows:
Richie - 50.74
Maxey - 37.57
Jones - 10.50
Rogers 1.11
More when they are available. Out right now are SD 4, 19, 24 and 28. (The Woodlands, Southwest Texas (Madla's old distric), North Central Texas and the Panhandle)
3:56 It's a runoff the results are:
Richie: 48.00
Maxey: 37.64
Jones: 12.90
Rogers: 1.47
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