Now that Rep. Steve Stockman has filed to run in the U.S. Senate primary against Senator John Cornyn and chosen not to seen re-election to represent Texas's 36th Congressional District, this has effectively become an open race between Democratic Candidate Michael Cole and the eventual would-be Republican nominee (and there are more than four GOP candidates in the race).
Looks like Michael Cole has his first fundraising event of the year on January 11, 2014 at Orange, TX. Details and registration below:
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Michael Cole for Congress Birthday Celebration/Fundraiser
Saturday, January 11, 2014, 5:00pm until 8:00pm in CST
VFW Post 2775 5303 N. 16th Street. Orange Tx 77632
Our first fundraising event of the campaign season. Tickets will be $15.00(children 12 and under eat free). Entertainment and chili! Drinks sold by the VFW. Come join us, a splendid time is guaranteed for all!
Additional details from Michael Cole for Congress campaign:
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Michael Cole for Congress
Those of you that are going, if you are bringing a friend (or several), Please invite them to go as well! We are limited to 650 people and we want to make sure that the ones that RSVP are served!
Invite as many people as you want! This is just as much a chance to sit down with friends and family as anything else!
I did some coverage of Michael Cole on Daily Kos a number of months ago back in August so in case you need a refresher on those diaries, who Cole is, and what he has to offer they are as follows:
Michael Cole to Challenge Steve Stockman - Aug 09 2013
http://www.dailykos.com/...
Interview with Michael Cole - Aug 16 2013
http://www.dailykos.com/...
Cole is a strong progressive on a number of issues, particularly with regards to the concerns on minimum wage, unemployment and the debate over what's considered to be minimum wage jobs as opposed to better-paying jobs.
Here's a video of Cole recently at a November 14 meeting at the South East Texas Progressive Democrats in Beaumont, TX. He's pretty fired up:
And Liberal Fix did an interview with Cole as well:
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/...
If you want to get involved in Michael Cole's campaign for Congress in TX-36, the links are below:
Michael Cole for Congress: http://www.michaelcole.us/
Donate: Nation Builder: https://michaelcole.nationbuilder.com/...
ActBlue: https://secure.actblue.com/...
Volunteer: http://www.michaelcole.us/...
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/...
Twitter: https://twitter.com/...