HD 46: Dukes Challenger Sweeps Endorsements
Brian Thompson, the political newbie challenging longtime State Representative Dawnna Dukes, D-Austin, has picked up every endorsement from the gazillion Austin Democratic groups which actually made endorsements in a massive-endorsement-bonanza tonight.
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"Gazillion" overstated it, it's really just the Capital Area Progressive Democrats, Capital Area Asian American Democrats, Texas Environmental Democrats, South Austin Democrats, Southwest Austin Democrats, and Austin Tejano Democrats.
Capital City Young Democrats will endorse at a later date; Austin Tejano Democrats couldn't come to a consensus, so there won't be an endorsement from them in the HD 46 race.
"It was a good night for sure," Thompson said. "I wouldn't have spent the time and effort to go into this unless I didn't think it was important, the opponent wouldn't have shown up if she didn't think it was important."
"These are the real motivators in the community. These are the people who are gonna vote and tell other people to vote, so we feel really good about this, for sure," Thompson added.
(BTW, thank you Brian Thompson for calling me back even though it's 11:45pm.)
More on how the endorsements divided up in other races, like TX-10 and Travis DA, tomorrow.
Comments
Good work Brian. Now get those yard signs out.
Also....is it true Tom Craddick was one of the few who voted not to support creating a Texas holiday in Martin Luther King's memory? If that is true, how could anyone from East Austin - black, white or brown - ever align themselves with Craddick?
Posted by: Steve Speir | January 17, 2008 11:48 AM