TX-28 - Elect a Real Democrat

Bumping because the election is a week away! And it looks like Cuellar's already up to some dirty tricks:

An abnormally high number of voters in Webb County aged 90 years or older prompted an attorney for the Ciro Rodriguez congressional campaign to request an investigation by the Texas Secretary of State. During the first 4 days of early voting, 93 votes were cast by people 90 or over and 51 were 100 or older.

...According to the 2002 Statistical Abstract of the United States, something like 1.5 percent of the nations' population is over 85 (linked census data here). So, this does seem to be an abnormally large number, although to determine if it is out of whack, we'd need to know the total votes cast. Either way, though, it seems suspect.

Volunteer/Donate/Phone Bank

and now, back to the original post

Instead of DINO Cuellar:

For the speech Tuesday, Mr. Cuellar positioned himself along the president's route and grabbed a seat on the Republican side of the aisle. Custom dictates that the Democrats stay to the speaker's right and Republicans to the left, making it easier to gauge party-line splits on applause lines.

Cuellar's only challenger is Democratic candidate Ciro Rodriguez; there are no Republicans in this race. The winner of the primary is the winner of the seat. And Rodriguez needs all the support we can muster.

Rodriquez is running a full campaign with tremendous local support. Yet when I checked the FEC records as of 12/31/05 he has a terrible financial disadvantage.

While Cuellar, who may well jump Republican in 2006, has 279K cash on hand, Rodriquez has only 43K on hand.

The Rodriguez fundraising has been effective with a lot of funds from individuals and Union PACs. We just need to get behind this man and give him the push to beat this Repubican in disguise.

The Primary for TX-28 (click here for a map of the district) is just 34 days from now. If you are in this district, please get involved in the local campaign. If you're not, please donate or otherwise do what you can to defeat the Club for Growth-endorsed Cuellar.

Ciro Rodriquez's campaign site is here. And ActBlue has a website for him here. You can also join in on the conference call tomorrow.

And don't forget this.



Tags: Ciro Rodriquez, TX-28, ActBlue