Open Tarrant County House Races Draw Bevy of Candidates
With four state representatives from Tarrant County giving up their seats to pursue higher office this year, four wide-open primaries have been left behind.
Three Republicans – state Reps. Kelly Hancock of North Richland Hills, Mark Shelton of Fort Worth and Todd Smith of Euless – are running for the state Senate. State Rep. Marc Veasey, D-Fort Worth, is running for Congress.
The four open House seats have drawn 16 candidates. Most of the campaigns are treating the primaries as the endgame, as all four seats are expected to stay with the same party as they are now because of how the ...
Comments (2)
marc grey
Really poor job on these races. No real insight. No substance on the redistricting battle and delayed primaries. Weak.
Tony McDonald
Mrs. Todd has indeed been giving back. The problem is she’s been giving back to Democrats. Susan Todd openly endorsed liberal Tony Sanchez against Gov. Rick Perry and she issued a press release stating “Sanchez has my vote!”. Mrs. Todd, despite claiming to be a “lifelong Republican," voted in at least 5 Democrat primaries and supported ObamaCare through her leadership with AMA. The facts speak for themselves. That’s why YCT has endorsed the conservative in HD 97, Craig Goldman.
The rest of our endorsements are available at www.yct.org/endorsements. We also support Kelly Hancock, Stephanie Klick, and Jonathan Stickland. But Todd's continued distortion of her record (even here, trying to play the innocent grandmother when she knows her campaign has been about attacks and deception) warranted additional comment.