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Tue Aug 07, 2007 at 08:03 AM CDT
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| As blogger "Blank" wrote, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram revealed the Democrats considering taking a run for Senate District 10 against Kim Brimer, and indeed they are the names that were confirmed to me through various sources here in Tarrant County.
Current Tarrant County Democratic Party Chairman Art Brender is considering this seat. He is a wealthy lawyer from Fort Worth and would be a formidable primary candidate. Money won't be an issue for Chairman Brender and he has behind him long-time activists from the mostly minority neighborhoods of Fort Worth proper.
Many of you may remember in 2006 when Tarrant County had a race for County Chair and it got rather nasty unfortunately. That is the most recent campaign experience for Brender, outside of running for state representative in the past. Bottom line is that Art knows how to play hardball in Party primaries and will do it again if need be.
The other potential candidate is Fort Worth City Councilwoman Wendy Davis, a newcomer to the Democratic Party. In fact she has quite the donation history to Republicans like Congresswoman Kay Granger, as recently as this year in fact. That 1999 donation to George W. Bush is rather icky too. To be fair, she also donated recently to Hillary Clinton and Martin Frost in the past. Word is she even endorsed Hillary at her Joe T Garcia's fundraiser in June. Her Granger donations aren't exactly an endearing trait to grassroots Democrats, but would play well with moderate to conservative voters throughout SD 10, particularly throughout Granger's district. That Hillary endorsement might yank that support away though too. Brender himself donated to the Davis campaign.
She likely has good fundraising credentials with strong networks from her time on the city council, as well as high name identification in Fort Worth proper. Women candidates too have done quite well in past election cycles and she is a rather lovely woman. |
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| What does this all mean? Too early to tell. I still wish that both would lock themselves in a room and flip a coin quite frankly to avoid a primary battle. It is not out of the question that a minimum of $100,000 is spent on a primary race, which are financial resources best suited against Brimer in a general election.
I'm going to stay on the sidelines of this battle. I have no horse in the race, just want a good Democrat on the ballot. SD 10 runs partially through the Colleyville, Grapevine, and Euless areas of the Mid-Cities territories. The organization will be prepared to support whoever the candidate is. |
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