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June 26, 2019 8:52 AM
Leaving the door open to a run for higher office in 2022, Straus says he is staying in the game to promote “a thoughtful, conservative approach to governing and rising political leaders ready to ensure a bright future for all Texans”
With an initial investment
of $2.5 million, former Texas House Speaker Joe Straus on
Wednesday morning told Quorum Report he is launching a new PAC called
Texas Forever Forward with a goal of promoting “a thoughtful,
conservative approach to governing and rising political leaders ready to ensure
a bright future for all Texans.”
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June 24, 2019 4:54 PM
With Stickland gone, which wing of the Republican Party will be back with more friends? The beginnings of an answer may be taking shape in Tarrant County
FORT WORTH – Bedford Rep. Jonathan
Stickland’s
retirement announcement this morning leaves open a seat representing a rapidly
changing area that many Democrats had previously written off: Northeast Tarrant
County. The district has seen as influx of new residents in recent years thanks
to its location in the suburbs between Dallas and Fort Worth and is changing
demographically at rapid pace.
Last cycle, the four-term
Republican beat Democrat Steve Riddell by 49-47. Eric Espinoza,
the Libertarian in the race, got the remaining 2 percent. Stickland won his
race with the second lowest percentage of any Texas House member
in 2018, just behind Rep. Gina Calanni,
D-Katy.
The district, which
includes Bedford, Euless and Hurst, had been solidly Republican before the bomb
thrower was elected in 2012. He succeeded former Rep. Todd Smith, also
of Bedford, who ran for the open Senate District 12 seat vacated
by Chris Harris of Arlington. Smith was ultimately defeated by Sen. Kelly
Hancock, R-North Richland Hills. It’s been rumored Stickland might
challenge Sen. Hancock, by the way.
Stickland’s message to supporters seemed to close the door on
elected office, though. At least for now.
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June 24, 2019 10:10 AM
Tells supporters he never intended to grow old in office: "To the thousands of you who have donated, walked, prayed, campaigned, voted, and loved us from the beginning till the end, thank you."
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June 21, 2019 4:51 PM
Lobby moves, some folks moving on to bigger and better things, and more
Years ago, a DPS trooper
told me after being deployed to the border that it had strained his marriage
and his finances. This trooper said quite frankly that if he had known that one
of the ways he was going to be utilized was to write traffic tickets in The Valley
he would not have quit his previous law enforcement job to sign up with the state’s
police force.
Bottom line: Keep those whose lives are directly affected by the latest moves, this time National Guardsmen, in your thoughts. They’re in mine.
Meantime, you’ve been kind
enough to pass on political career news about yourselves and others, which is
what makes POTM possible. Thanks so much. You can share career news, big or
small, anytime with the Texas Capitol community at ksbraddock@gmail.com and be sure to use
“POTM” in the subject line.
Here’s the latest edition
of People on the Move:
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June 21, 2019 4:32 PM
Echoes of Rick Perry, who did the same in 2014 and said "There can be no national security without border security, and Texans have paid too high a price for the federal government's failure to secure our border”
The Big 3 called a news conference on Friday to announce the
deployment of an additional 1,000 Texas National Guard troops to
aid in the humanitarian crisis on the border between Texas and Mexico.
This of course is not the
first, nor last, time Texas Republicans have made a point about sending troops
to the southern border.
Border security has cost
each of the last three Texas budgets at least $800 million. But the
unwillingness of Congress to move to address the “crisis” on the
border was enough for Gov. Greg Abbott to label lawmakers in Washington
“reprobates” before he left the room.
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June 19, 2019 9:26 AM
Now up to prosecutors to decide whether to proceed with reduced payment.
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