With Clinton on Ballot, Texas Backers Look to Next Phase
With Hillary Clinton officially on the ballot for the Texas primary, her supporters here are beginning to look to the next stage of a Democratic campaign that has paid attention early and often to the solidly red state.
"We’re on track now with the filing of Hillary for president to have an incredible ramp-up," said Steven Rivas, an Austin political consultant helping organize Clinton supporters in Texas.
On Tuesday, her backers took their first formal step toward competing in Texas, filing for the March 1 primary at the state Democratic Party headquarters in downtown Austin. Garry Mauro, the former land commissioner who has previously led national campaigns for the Clintons in Texas, submitted the $2,500 check required to get Hillary Clinton on the ballot.
"This is where the action starts," Mauro said in an interview after handing in the paperwork, recalling how it was Clinton who showed up to get her husband's name on the ballot for the Texas primary in 1992. "She has such a long history with Texas and she understands the politics of Texas such that I don't think she's one of those that writes us off as a red state."
Read more: http://www.texastribune.org/2015/11/24/clinton-ballot-texas-supporters-look-next-step/
Cross-posted in the Texas Group.
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