Hillary Clinton
Related: About this forumClinton Campaign Revs Up in Texas
Tuesday (May 12) was a local meeting for organizers in Fort Worth, as well as a small group in a small town outside of Austin's Hill Country.
http://www.texastribune.org/2015/05/13/in-texas-clinton-campaign-revs-up/
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Right now, the campaign is focused on recruiting so-called "Hillstarters," donors who can raise $2,700 the maximum limit for the primary from 10 different people. On Tuesday, the campaign is sending national political director Amanda Renteria and chief digital strategist Teddy Goff to Austin to hold a private strategy session with current and prospective Hillstarters.
A familiar cast of deep-pocketed Texans are expected to open their wallets for the campaign and have already ponied up for Ready for Hillary. Houston trial lawyers Steve and Amber Mostyn were among the founding members of the group's national finance council, while its co-chairs include prominent Democratic donors such as McAllen developer Alonzo Cantu, CarMax co-founder Austin Ligon and Fort Worth investor Robert Patton, who co-owns the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Aiding the Clinton campaign is the months-long efforts of Ready for Hillary, which held fundraisers and public events across the state while building a massive list of early backers of a Clinton campaign. Garry Mauro, a former land commissioner who worked for Ready for Hillary in Texas, recently said it ended up raising over $600,000 in the state and signing up more than 200,000 volunteers.
"So we've got a good, solid base," Mauro said on The Ticket, the Texas Tribune/KUT podcast on the 2016 presidential race. "It's the only campaign I've ever been involved in the day she announces, we've got 200,000 volunteers, you know, on our internet, ready to go, ready to put bumper stickers on. So that's a nice head start."
leftofcool
(19,460 posts)I know it is a dream but wouldn't it be nice to turn Texas blue? Repukes would be curled up in the fetal position.
freshwest
(53,661 posts)Okay, that's a stretch.
Turn Texas blue again and I'll see if I can move back. Near the Gulf. Y mi familia. (Adopted). God, how I miss them every day.
And you can believe I'll vote blue and meet up with Dems!!!
Gothmog
(145,619 posts)It is getting time for me to contribute to her campaign
freshwest
(53,661 posts)Gothmog
(145,619 posts)It will be interesting because we are limited what we can do without having to register with the FEC
Iliyah
(25,111 posts)should be there because Gov Abbott is nutso along with many of the capitol legislators. Makes you wonder why they are whining about government take over.
Gothmog
(145,619 posts)There are a number of people looking after voting issues. Battleground has a voter protection operation and most of the local counties have voter protection operations.
The Texas Democratic Party is very active on election law issues. One of my county's state representatives, Ron Reynolds, is on the elections committee and Sondra Haltom is working for him on these issues (Sondra was with the DNC Voter Expansion Project during the last election cycle). Glen Maxey of the Texas Democratic Party is doing a tremendous job on election issues. Glen is amazing.