TX-SEN: Join me for my first online townhall meeting!

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Friday August 01, 2008 · 11:15 AM PDT

2008/08/01 · 11:15

At 1:30pm CST today, I'll be holding my first live online townhall meeting right here on Daily Kos -- and I want you to join me. I'll be talking about our campaign, my new energy plan, and incumbent Republican Senator John Cornyn's cruel summer of votes against Texas families.

I hope you'll join the discussion at 1:30pm CST -- just scroll down and enter your question in the chatroom below. Thanks!

- Rick Noriega
www.ricknoriega.com/townhall

John Cornyn On Netroots Nation

Rick Noriega

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Friday July 18, 2008 · 10:11 AM PDT

2008/07/18 · 10:11

I just finished my second panel at Netroots Nation here in Austin, where I was joined by fellow veterans who are running for office this fall. It's been thrilling to meet with Texas voters, grassroots activists, and online organizers who I haven't seen since last year's exciting convention in Chicago. Last night, General Wesley Clark and DNC Chairman Howard Dean gave great speeches and fired up the troops to take our country back. Soon afterwards, over 1000 people celebrated with us at our Netroots Nation Party a few blocks away - it was a great night!

Like last year, I've met hundreds of activists from across the country who are concerned about the direction our country has taken under George W. Bush and John Cornyn's failed leadership. So I'm not sure what John Cornyn was talking about yesterday when his campaign sent out a fundraising email attacking our community, saying that "Rick Noriega and his far left-wing blogger cronies are out of touch with Texas values."

Rick Noriega

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Friday May 09, 2008 · 11:45 AM PDT

2008/05/09 · 11:45

Two polls. Four points.

Yesterday, Markos released another poll showing our campaign just 4 points behind John Cornyn in the race for U.S. Senate here in Texas (Noriega 44% -- Cornyn 48%). Again, John Cornyn is polling below 50% -- a danger sign for any incumbent.

Rick Noriega

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Friday March 07, 2008 · 10:03 AM PST

2008/03/07 · 10:03

First, I want to thank you all for your continued support and for carrying us to victory this past Tuesday.

The netroots was instrumental in launching my campaign last summer and keeping up our momentum through the primary election. Thanks to your help, I am the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Texas, and I know we wouldn't have made it this far without your dedication from the start.

As we saw on Tuesday night, Texas is changing: we've seen voter turnout in this election like this never before. Our campaign received more votes (1.1 million) than John Cornyn, a clear sign that many people in our great state are yearning for a change -- a distinct change from the Washington policies of Bush and Cornyn that Texans know just aren't working.

Rick Noriega

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Tuesday January 29, 2008 · 2:34 PM PST

2008/01/29 · 14:34

Hello America from the southern tip of Texas!

Yesterday I kicked off a three day campaign tour across South Texas and the Rio Grande Valley, the most Democratic region of Texas, as part of my campaign for the United States Senate. I'm traveling to over a dozen cities, across two dozen counties, on over 700 miles of highway in 72 hours to bring our campaign for change to the people of Texas.

You can follow me on my tour online at www.ricknoriega.com/southtexastour.

Yesterday morning I held a breakfast in Corpus Christi hosted by my fellow State Representative Abel Herrero. Here's a video of the speech I gave there.

(http://www.youtube.com/...)

Rick Noriega

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Thursday August 02, 2007 · 12:04 PM PDT

2007/08/02 · 12:04

Hi everyone,

I am thrilled to be writing from the 2007 YearlyKos convention in the great city of Chicago. Thanks to Markos for his postings (here, here, and here) and his support to stop the Bush administrations rubberstamp, John Cornyn.

Just a few weeks ago at the State Capitol in Austin, where I have been honored to serve the people of Texas in the House of Representatives since 1998, I announced my exploratory committee to run for the United States Senate. Texas bloggers encouraged me to run by starting a Draft Rick movement back in the spring and I've received strong support from 48 of my Democratic colleagues in the Texas Legislature.

I have been truly gratified and humbled by the response I’ve received, from all across Texas and this great country.

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