Where Republican Math Gets Complicated
Bernard Erickson switched parties on the last day of 1993, becoming a Democrat before his 1994 attempt to get re-elected to the Texas House.
He lost narrowly — the most painful way to lose — to Arlene Wohlgemuth, a Republican homemaker and pilot from Burleson. Wohlgemuth won by just 46 votes on Election Day, and Erickson asked for a recount. She prevailed, then ran unsuccessfully for Congress. She is now executive director of the Texas Public Policy Foundation, based in Austin.
After the election, Erickson went home to Cleburne, having secured the distinction of switching just as the political tide was turning ...
Comments (7)
Robert Blain via Texas Tribune on Facebook
It will be interesting to see how 2012 goes for the districts south of I-10. If the Dems actually campaign in the Valley, SA, EP, and the Coastal Bend, it could create enough of a ripple to get the tide switched down there and even out the numbers.
Eliud Aranda via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Texas Hispanics will not be voting for Republicans in 2012. Texas Republicans pushed for district maps that did not represent the growing Hispanic population in the state and that will not be forgotten.
Bill Eaves via Texas Tribune on Facebook
I have several Hispanic friends & they are all Republicans & work hard for their families!! Oh they also have many friends!!
Sergio Hernandez De Santos via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Lo dificil de entender es que alguien vote en contra de sus propios intereses,Oh I also have non Hispanics amigos
russ huebel
Lozano hasn't switched parties. He has always belonged to the Lozano Party.
Susie Martinez-Dominguez via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Bill, what do you mean? Democrats don't work hard for their families?I will never vote republican because they simply don't show they care at all about public education. Most of us can't afford to send our kids to private schools. Sergio is exactly right! How can anyone vote against their own interests?
Alice Taylor
Lozano was snookered. He was bedazzled by a fake heart to heart with a former president and jumped ship. Convictions and character had nothing to do with it.