Republican Bill Flores released his first radio spot of the campaign season today in his bid to unseat U.S. Rep. Chet Edwards, D-Waco. In it, Flores enlists the help of former Texas Republican Sen. Phil Gramm.
Bill Flores
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Congress
Ads Infinitum: Bill Flores’ “Slideshow”
Republican Bill Flores released his second television ad today in his race to unseat incumbent Democratic U.S. Rep. Chet Edwards, D-Waco.
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Politics
The Bellwether
As U.S. Rep. Chet Edwards, D-Waco, goes, so go the Democrats? In a hyper-partisan year, with control of the U.S. House up for grabs, all eyes are on Congressional District 17, the most Republican district in America held by a Democrat. Pundits think Edwards may finally get beat: Were he to survive, a D.C. analyst says, it would be “one of the greatest Houdini acts ever seen in Texas politics.” But the 10-term incumbent has seen awful political environments before. “The Washington Generals have a better record against Harlem Globetrotters than the [National Republican Congressional Committee] does in predicting my defeat,” he says.
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Ads Infinitum: Chet Edwards’ “Back”
A new ad from Waco’s Democratic incumbent U.S. Rep. Chet Edwards went up on television today.
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Ads Infinitum: Bill Flores is a Businessman
In the first ad of his general election campaign against U.S. Rep. Chet Edwards, D-Waco, Bill Flores evokes a familiar anti-Washington theme.
