Nueces Republicans

Judge 94th Dist- James Sales Judge 148th Dist- Guy Williams Judge 319th Dist- Tom Greenwell Judge C C at Law #3- Juan P. Reyna Judge C C at Law #4- David L. Jones Justice 13th COA- Rose Vela St Rep Dist 32- Gene Seaman Nueces County Judge- Loyd Neal Comm Precinct 4- Chuck Cazalas Sheriff- Jim Kaelin (Retired DPS) Dist Clerk- Pedro (Peter) Cavazos JP, Pct 2, Pl 2- Larry G. Cox JP, Pct 4- Duncan Neblett, Jr Congress, District 27- Willie Vaden

Wednesday, May 24, 2006

Nueces Democrats: 2006 Candidates Democratic Candidates

Nueces Democrats: 2006 Candidates All Candidates

Nueces Democrats: 2006 Candidates Democratic Candidates

Nueces Democrats: 2006 Candidates 2006 Candidates
(i) = incumbent
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U.S. Senate

D - Barbara Ann Radnofsky
R - Kay Bailey Hutchison (i)

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U.S. Representative,

District 27

D - Solomon P. Ortiz (i)
R - Wm "Willie" Vaden

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Governor

D - Chris Bell
R - Rick Perry (i)
(NOTE: Carol Strayhorn and Kinky Friedman have declared their intentions to run as Independent candidates but have not yet met requirements to appear on the ballot.)

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Lieutenant Governor

D - Maria Luisa Alvarado
R - David Dewhurst (i)

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Attorney General

D - David Van Os
R - Gregg Abbott (i)

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Comptroller of Public Accounts

D - Fred Head
R - Susan Combs

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Commissioner of the
General Land Office

D - VaLinda Hathcox
R - Jerry Patterson (i)

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Commissioner of Agriculture

D - Hank Gilbert
R - Todd Staples

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Railroad Commissioner

D - Dale Henry
R - Elizabeth Ames Jones (i)

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Chief Justice, Supreme Court - Unexpired Term

R - Wallace Jefferson (i)

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Justice, Supreme Court, Place 2

R - Don Willett (i)

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Justice, Supreme Court, Place 4

R - David M. Medina (i)

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Justice, Supreme Court, Place 6

R - Nathan Hecht (i)

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Justice, Supreme Court, Place 8 - Unexpired Term

R - Phil Johnson (i)

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Presiding Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals

R - Sharon Keller (i)

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Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 7

R - Barbara Parker Hervey (i)

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Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 8

R - Charles Holcomb (i)

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Judge, 13th Court of Appeals,

Place 2

D - Frederico "Fred" Hinojosa (i)
R - Rose Vela

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Judge, 13th Court of Appeals,

Place 4

D - Nelda Vidaurri Rodriguez (i)

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Judge, 13th Court of Appeals,

Place 5

D - Gina M. Benavides

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Judge, 94th District Court

D - Bobby Galvan
R - James Sales

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Judge, 105th District Court

D - J. Manuel Bañales (i)

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Judge, 117th District Court

D - Sandra L Watts (i)

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Judge, 148th District Court

D - Marisela Saldaña
R - Guy Williams

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Judge, 319th District Court

D - Robert Zamora
R - Tom Greenwell (i)

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State Representative,

District 32

D - Juan Garcia
R - Gene Seaman (i)

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State Representative,

District 33

D - Vilma Luna (i)

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State Representative,

District 34

D - Abel Herrero (i) Nueces County Judge

D - Larry Olivarez, Sr.
R - Loyd Neal

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Judge, County Court At Law

No. 1

D - Robert Vargas (i)

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Judge, County Court At Law

No. 2

D - Lisa Gonzales (i)

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Judge, County Court At Law

No. 3

D - John Martinez
R - Juan P. Reyna

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Judge, County Court At Law

No. 4

D - James "Jim" Klager (i)
R - David L. Jones

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Judge, County Court At Law

No. 5

D - Carl Lewis (i)

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District Clerk

D - Patsy Perez (i)
R - Pedro (Peter) Cavazos

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Nueces County Clerk

D - Diana Barrera (i)

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Nueces County Sheriff
(unexpired term to 2008)

D - Jimmy Rodriguez
R - Jim Kaelin

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Nueces County Commissioner,

Precinct 2

D - Betty Jean Longoria (i)

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Nueces County Commissioner,

Precinct 4

R - Chuck Cazalas (i)

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Justice of the Peace,

Precinct 1, Place 2

D - Henry Santana (i)

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Justice of the Peace,

Precinct 1, Place 3

D - Robert "Bobby" Balderas (i)

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Justice of the Peace,

Precinct 2, Place 2

D - Carolyn Moon
R - Larry G. Cox (i)

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Justice of the Peace,

Precinct 3

D - Adolfo Contreras

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Justice of the Peace,

Precinct 4

R - Duncan Neblett, Jr. (i)

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Justice of the Peace,

Precinct 5, Place 2

D - Hermilo "Milo" Pena, Jr.(i)

Behind every politician is money and power.

davidg4781
Posts: 119

Respnse from your Congressman?
5/16/2006 8:01:35 PM

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Has anyone ever emailed their congressman and gotta a response? In the past, I've sent about 4 different questions/comments and never once recieve a response without having to call daily for about a week.

Is this the norm, or just those that represent my districts?


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curtis rock
Posts: 709

Re: Respnse from your Congressman?
5/16/2006 8:39:07 PM

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I''ve contacted Congressman Ortiz two times. I asked for his support of the Fair Tax, and the other time I asked for his support of some Credit Union legislation. Both times I received a reply, most likely from an automated response generated by his staffers. Either way, I still received a response and that''s all you can ask for.

I''ve lobbied with the Associated Builders and Contractors once, and do very small-scale lobbying locally when necessary. I find that most politicians are very happy to listen when you''re calm, clear, and cooperative.
davidg4781
Posts: 119

Re: Re: Respnse from your Congressman?
5/16/2006 10:52:50 PM

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I just sent an email about welfare reform. Pointless, I know, but that''s my annoyance right now.

The page I received was that her staffers review each email receive, but because of the vast number of emails, they can''t respond to every one.

I guess all the dead people and dogs that vote email her a few times a day.
curmudgeon
Posts: 2884

Write you message . . .
5/17/2006 6:04:16 AM

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. . . on the back of a hundred dollar bill.
Cal
Posts: 607
Re: Write you message . . .
5/17/2006 7:39:26 AM

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I will write letters and send them to the politicos and attach a one (1) dollad bill to the corner,

never did get replys.
Wild Ape
Posts: 2744

Glad you asked david
5/17/2006 10:25:08 AM

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As a matter of fact I wrote my Congressman, Senators, the Govenor, and Rick Perry all by email. I was fairly ticked about the border situation. A month later I got a response. This is, I''m told, normal.

I did get a letter from Rick Perry, formatted of course about that told me all the wonderful things he plans to do.

Ortiz sent me an email. If you like I will forward to you what he sent.

The Senators did the same thing.

The exception was Gene Seaman, to be honest I sent him a blast and got a response the same day from his staff. I was able to hammer things out but my perception of Seaman made a 180. I''m voting for him. I think he is the kind of statesman needed in Austin.
curtis rock
Posts: 709

Re: Glad you asked david
5/17/2006 11:13:37 AM

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Statesman or Politician?

There are no statesmen in office. Special Interest killed that a hundred or so years ago. Behind every politician is money and power.
Wild Ape
Posts: 2744

Re: Re: Glad you asked david
5/17/2006 11:23:22 AM

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You are right curtis but I don''t think they are all bad. I''ve stated before that America has the best politicians money can buy. I still believe that a voter has power for the few months before the politician is elected and special interest gets the rest. That is why I became a member of the special interest groups that share my same interest. Money talk. The system is the system.

Rudy has the right idea. Join the process and that way you get to work to get the best candidate out there to run for you instead of getting some other guy''s political horse.
Major Carrales
Posts: 379

Gene Seaman is the closest thing to a Statesman I have seen
5/17/2006 2:16:07 PM

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...I think very highly of Gene Seaman.

He is amicable and pleasant to speak with and has high ideals that have yet to be tainted by politics.
curmudgeon
Posts: 2884

Gene Seaman . . .
5/17/2006 2:22:31 PM

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. . . is so full of shit his eyes are brown. He missed his calling, he woulda made a dandy used car salesman.

curtis rock
Posts: 709

I like Gene Seaman
5/17/2006 3:16:03 PM

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I think Curmudgeon sees my point that all politicians, including those we hold in high regard like Gene Seaman, are influenced by the powers-that-be.

Gene Seaman has one of the deepest political pockets in South Texas. His warchest reminds me of Rambo. This race between him and Juan Garcia will be a big expensive battle.

A mere statesman cannot beat someone like Juan Garcia. It takes a professional politician like Gene.
LONEWOLF
Posts: 432
Re: I like Gene Seaman
5/17/2006 3:33:31 PM

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Right now Garcia''s base consists of the Corpus Democrats and some disgruntled Republicans in Aransas county.

Unless Garcia can come up with about $300,000-$400,000 real quick he''ll go down as a poser.
davidg4781
Posts: 119

Re: Respnse from your Congressman?
5/24/2006 7:39:23 PM

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And, just to keep everyone up to date, I have yet to receive a response from state representative Yvonne Gonzalez Toureilles on welfare, and U.S. Representative Ruben E. Hinojosa and I think Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison on the FairTax.

On Hinojosa''s website, it does say that he responds only by snail mail, so I''ll give him a bit longer. Hutchinson has the whole state to worry about, so I can understand some delay in her response also.

As far as Toureilles, this is the third time I have emailed her and only received one response. In it, she responded with: ""In regards to the budget for the University of Texas A&M(sic): the funds appropriated for the Fiscal Years 2006-2007 were increased by over ten million dollars compared to the appropriated amount for the previous biennium.""

This was in response to my questioning about increasing tuition.