Primary in New CD-36 Draws Mike Jackson, 11 Others
HOUSTON — State Sen. Mike Jackson is probably headed for a runoff in the new 36th Congressional District in southeast Texas. The rest is hard to predict.
Twelve candidates are seeking the GOP nomination in the heavily Republican district, and most of them are political novices or have only minor track records in elective office.
The seat, newly created thanks to a huge population increase in Texas, was pulled from four existing congressional districts. It starts in eastern Harris County in the Houston Ship Channel, scoops up NASA headquarters and then heads north and east. In addition to a portion of ...
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Rudy Gonzales
Thirty-six percent Texans think politicians should pledge to extremist fringe elements to not raise taxes, means sixty-four percent should not pledge to extremist puppeteers. The sixty percent of TEA party members show their skewed beliefs on this while Texans should make sure these extreme faction does not have influence in or on local and state level politics. And of course, Perry pushing his one-sided pro-life agenda trying to force his religious beliefs onto those who do not adhere to his religious beliefs. The same old crowd wishing and hoping for a new direction will be disappointed. The constant and backwards leaning TEA-Republican rhetoric is stagnant and must be replaced. Rep. Mike Jackson has some new area and people to run against, but the same old issues cloud this crowded field.