Pat Olney is running for the Texas Senate in the historically competitive FORMERLY BLUE 18th District on the Jedi side of the ticket. She's a retired teacher, retired private investigator and relentless democratic activist. She's strong on Education, Transportation and Water Rights/Distribution. The district was held for 20 years by Democrat Ken Armbrister until 2006 when he retired and Dems left the seat UNDEFENDED!!!
(This cycle the Dems left 8 of the 16 Senate races unopposed! 31 total seats: D 12, R 19)
This district is slightly gerrymandered, smack dab in between Austin and Houston and heads to the coast south. It was manipulated to make an increasingly red suburban/rural district.
She's been a legislative ombudsman for retired teachers for years and knows and works with the entire state legislature. She has visited all 19 counties TWICE this election season and intends to continue meeting with folks from all over the district right up until election day!
SHE COULD USE A LITTLE HELP......follow me............!
Her Sith opponent is incumbent Glenn Hegar, farmer now lawyer/professional politician (former state Rep.). He's a well funded standard pro-corporate GOP'er who voted to require ultrasounds before abortions on a bill that otherwise hasn't gone anywhere. He wears the xeroxed conservative mantle that consists of a rigid anti-choice position and an endorsement by the state rifle assn., plus votes en-bloc with the other 19 GOP'ers. He's got a 0 approval score from NARAL TX and Texas Freedom Network.
Last time around (2006) he collected $850k, $146k of that from only 4 donors! Pat is campaigning on logarithmically less money, forgoing some of the standard tactics like yard signs to just go out and get some face time!!!
If everyone who reads this diary could kick in a dollar, that would likely cover the gas money needed to finish the rounds for this election cycle. Looking for a goal of ~$1500-$3000. That's 1/100th the money bomb we just whacked Jack Conway with (I was in for $20). So this is more like an M-80/cherry money bomb.
This is a shout out to all the South Texas Kossacks, and anyone else who can spare a buck or two. Bill White is running a TIED race for Gov. here in TX and very well may have some coattails to ride..........stay tuned.
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