Support TX Dem. Senators in New Mexico!!

[Gingergal]

List of the Texas Dem Senators and websites!!
Please e-mail and call or write to support your Texas senator. If none of them is yours, then adopt one to contact! They are in no particular order.

1.Senator John Whitmire represents the 15th Senatorial District comprised of north Houston and north Harris County. He was first elected to the Texas Senate in 1982 after serving 10 years in the Texas House of Representatives. With over 20 years of service in the Texas Senate, Senator Whitmire ranks first in seniority and serves as the "Dean of the Texas Senate. <http://www.senate.state.tx.us/75r/Senate/members/dist15/dist15.htm>

2.Gonzalo Barrientos represents Senatorial District 14, which for the past 10 years included most of Travis County and part of Hays County. Austin.
<http://www.senate.state.tx.us/75r/Senate/members/dist14/dist14.htm>

3.Rodney Ellis has served 13 years as a Texas State Senator from Houston.
<http://www.senate.state.tx.us/75r/Senate/members/dist13/dist13.htm>

4. Mario V. Gallegos, Jr. was elected to the Texas State Senate in 1994; he is the first Hispanic Senator elected to represent Harris County. Houston
<http://www.senate.state.tx.us/75r/Senate/members/dist6/dist6.htm>

5. Senator Juan "Chuy" Hinojosa served his South Texas constituents for 16 years in the House of Representatives and was elected to the Senate in 2002 to represent District 20. He represents McAllen and Corpus Christi.
<http://www.senate.state.tx.us/75r/Senate/members/dist20/dist20.htm>

6. Eddie Lucio, Jr., a Brownsville native, is one of ten children.
<http://www.senate.state.tx.us/75r/Senate/members/dist27/dist27.htm>

7. Senator Frank Madla has given the state of Texas 20 years of service as a member of the Texas House of Representatives where he was an outspoken advocate for health care and education issues. He is now in his third term as a senator.from San Antonio.
<http://www.senate.state.tx.us/75r/Senate/members/dist19/dist19.htm>

8. Senator Leticia Van de Putte, a pharmacist for more than 20 years, represents a large portion of San Antonio and Bexar County <http://www.senate.state.tx.us/75r/Senate/members/dist26/dist26.htm>

9. A fifth-generation El Pasoan whose roots in his community trace back to 1847, Senator Eliot Shapleigh represents Senate District 29, which includes most of El Paso County
<http://www.senate.state.tx.us/75r/senate/members/dist29/dist29.htm>

10. Senator Judith Zaffirini (D-Laredo) represents the 21st Senatorial District from Laredo. <http://www.senate.state.tx.us/75r/Senate/members/dist21/dist21.htm>

11. Royce West was first elected to represent the 23rd Senatorial District in November of 1992 from Dallas.
<http://www.senate.state.tx.us/75r/Senate/members/dist23/dist23.htm>

[Gloria]

1. KICK

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[bluestateguy]

3. Take good care of our Texas Democrats

They may be there awhile.

[Avalux]

2. I'm Very Proud

of my Texas Dem Senators! :toast:

[sfecap]

5. Glad to have them here!

We'll take good care of them. :-)

[northofdenali]

4. Just wrote to each - urging them to run

for NATIONAL offices! These Texans make me proud to be a Democrat again!

[Cha]

6. A Kick for the Texas Killer Ds!

Love you all :loveya:
:kick:

[sonias]

7. Proud Democrats with spines

Texas - we're responsible for the mess that is the bu$h king and come hell or high water, we're gonna clean it up. The fight for the White House in '04 has started right here in Texas.

Never give up and never surrender!

Go Killer D's Go!

Sonia

[Lady Freedom]

8. My Heroes!

:dem: :loveya:

[Gingergal]

9. Good site for up to date news and links on the Texas 11 !!

<http://www.savetexasreps.com/>

Online poll in Dallas on the Senate Dems break quorum.
<http://www.krld.com/Show.cfm?content=promotion_278&title=Listener%20Poll&right=>
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[ChickMagic]

10. I sent them flowers

I told them to deliver them quickly because they might illegally by thrown in jail. I'll send them cookies later. I love those guys( and gals)!

[Name removed]

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[melissinha]

12. Don't let them bully you

Thanks Senators for getting out of that steamrolling attempt and standing up for what you believe in, your constituents and the state of Texas..... Yeah that even means the people who didn't vote for you.... only you can best address and resolve their real issues.

You go Senator Leticia van de Putte!!!! Your extended family supports you and is proud of you....

Shame on Gov Perry, you make Aggies look bad!!!

taking the united states back to democracy has to begin in Texas!!!

Melissa van de Putte

[0rganism]

13. Egads! it's happening again?

Do the people of Texas understand what is happening, and do they approve of the GOP machine making them its collective bitch?

[sonias]

14. Yes and No

Texas is no different than the rest of the country where people or sheeple basically get their news from TV and hate radio. While local TV news coverage has been pretty balanced that I have seen, you still get those disgusting repuke quotes like "These senators are hurting the children of Texas". Idiot sheeple who think everything they hear on TV is true are going to buy that. However, 100% of the major metropolitan newspaper editorials have been against it and given good reasons not to support it. Explaining very plainly I might add, that the Congressional districts already favor the repukes 20 to 12 (out of the 32 seats TX has). What is happening in essence is that they are losing at the polls with the people who consistently vote for the incumbent Democrat in five of these districts that lean heavily repuke in statewide offices. Repukes can't stand that people cross party lines to vote for Democrats for Congress.

A recent poll that was taken showed that the Governor has no support on this issue across the state, especially in rural areas. It really is becoming a big issue, but that never stopped the repukes from ramming anything through. Note that the same thing is happening in the U.S. House.

Unfortunately, I don't think that the Democratic party has done a good job to get it's message out in the state. We should have billboards and radio spots demanding people call the Governor's office and telling him to stop wasting our taxpayer money. They have relied on the national media and that is just not cutting it in my opinion.

Remember repukes are single minded bastards and they will not give up no matter what. Think California.

Me personally, I think this is a big turning point against the GOP and there will be some backlash but unfortunately if they win then those people that would have taken their revenge at the polls will be minimized or disenfranchised. That is their whole plan after all, to guarantee super majority districts where they can't lose, and in 3 years when the voting rights act has to get re-certified, they're going to kill it. Pesky democracy - out the window.

Sonia

[leomac]

15. Get tough, Dems!

...at last! Some Democrats with spine! It is ironic that these Dems happen to come from Shrub's home state.

Leo

[sonias]

16. Welcome to DU leomac!

It has to start in Texas because you're right this is where that little king war monger got his launch. Texas wasn't always horrible but as you can see things can quickly turn when you have evil minds like Karl Rove, Tom DeLay and Ken Lay coming out of Texas.

I am so proud of our Texas Senators, this is like the civil rights fight symbolically. And who knows if the repukes keep this up across the country we may have to take it back to the streets to win our equal rights back.

Stay tuned for battle updates from Texas.

Sonia

[Gingergal]

17. Another reason I think they are intent on changing this now

is that they know that by 2006 or 2008, Anglo Repukes will be a minority and they want to insure that the minority controls the whole damn state anyway. They want a one-party dictatorship for decades.