It's time once again for Texas Tuesday, in which Texas Democrats try to hold back the impending Ice Age. Today we feature Chet Edwards.
Our featured candidate for this week's Texas Tuesday is Chet Edwards. Chet Edwards is a 13-year incumbent Democratic Congressman from Waco and is fighting to represent the new 17th district. He has a moderate record of fighting for the interests of Waco and for the military personnel in the Fort Hood area. Unfortunately, redistricting took the Fort Hood area out of the district, but Edwards will now have the opportunity to represent his alma matter, Texas A&M and College Station. Edwards is also facing perhaps the most extreme right-wing member of the Texas legislature in his bid for reelection - Arlene Wohlgemuth (who is also backed by the far-right Club for Growth), so the contrast between the two candidates is quite visible. Best of all, is that Chet Edwards is the only one of the highly contested congressional races in Texas that Roll Call currently lists as "Lean Democratic". Chet Edwards has a great chance to win this November, but he needs our support. Check out Edwards webpage and Contribute to his campaign online.
Fortunately, Edwards has an impressive warchest- $800,000 at last count- and an ideologically bankrupt opponent. Anyone backed by the oxymoronically-named "Club for Growth" should be automatically suspect to anyone with the capacity for reason.
Give 'til it hurts, y'all....
