Wong Running from Party ID

by: Ryan Goodland

Tue Sep 26, 2006 at 01:02 PM CDT

Remember Martha Wong's record:

• Martha Wong voted to send last year's constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage out of committee and abstained on the vote on the floor, despite the fact that she represents Montrose, an area with a large GLBT population. Martha's district was one of only a handful to vote against last year's marriage amendment.

• Martha Wong voted to require abortion providers to tell women that abortion causes breast cancer, despite substantial scientific evidence to the contrary.

• Martha Wong voted for HB 2292, which cut hundreds of thousands of children off the Children's Health Insurance Program.

• Martha Wong blocked funding for a stem cell research facility in Houston's medical center.

Martha's clearly out of step with the district, and the polls are beginning to reflect that. A poll the governor's office ran showed her down by six points; I've heard from some very reliable sources Martha's own internal polling shows her down by eight points. It's time for Martha Wong to go, and luckily we have a great candidate in Ellen Cohen, who supports same-sex marriage, reproductive rights, and stem cell research, to replace her.

UPDATE: As always, Pink Dome brings the funny.

UPDATE 2: By the way, the red-tape isn't the work of a supporter ashamed of the Republicans; it's the work of the Wong campaign. When I visited the Wong campaign office last week to pick up signed debate terms for the debate Rice University is hosting October 12, there was a big stack of yard-signs-with-red-tape in the corner. Full sized photos of the offending sign here and here.

C&E Reports -- A Look Across the State

by: Phillip Martin, Progress Texas

Mon Jul 17, 2006 at 01:18 PM CDT

HD 48 -- Rep. Donna Howard vs. Ben Bentzin
Ben Bentzin, the purported challenger to Rep. Donna Howard in HD-48 right here in Austin, TX, has $20.33 on hand. Howard, meanwhile, has nearly $65,000 cash-on-hand. Remember -- she didn't accept any money during the special session and her report covered a shorter period of time, due to the primary.

CD 17 -- Congressman Chet Edwards vs. Van Taylor

Edwards reported $1.576 million cash-on-hand. Taylor, meanwhile, is well over a million dollars behind Edwards, and despite an in-district visit from VP Cheney, Taylor only garnered $21,000 from inside the district.