Texas 29, a seat held by incumbent Gene Green (D) is ripe for the picking. Gene did not have a Republican contender for the past 4 elections. It sits in a heavily populated district that was gerrymandered by the Architect (Tom Delay) to make the other districts more heavily Republican. This TX-29 was forgotten in the shuffle. In his attempts to stack the deck, Mr Delay wrote off TX-29 and TX-18 as too heavily democratic to work with.
Well times have changed. TX-29 is well positioned because of growth in the Humble area, East Houston, and North Houston in General. The boundaries and gentrification of these areas are building up a huge Republican base. (Think Ted Poe Country).
Now that Gene Green is nice an comfy in that house, lets give him a shake up.
Eric Story is running for TX-29 and has a great chance to take this seat away from the Democrats. This is from his website:
Eric Story - Republican for US Congress
Eric is a Native Texan, age 51, married for thirty-two years to wife Cheri, with two daughters and four grandchildren. For over twenty years as a credential minister, he dedicated his efforts to Inner City and Prison Ministry.
Eric’s career path, involved heavily in the oilfield service industry, has presented him with opportunities to travel extensively throughout North and South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia, enriching his knowledge of America’s value at home and abroad.
He lives in Texas Congressional District 29 and has worked serving his community as a Deputy Voter Registrar, Precinct Chair and Precinct Convention Chair, three time delegate to the Republican District Convention, two time delegate to the State Republican Convention and as an Alternate Delegate to the Republican National Convention in 2004.
In addition, Eric is a member of the Patriot Guard Riders, The Christian Motorcyclist Association, U.S. Border Watch, and the Republican National Hispanic Assembly.
A devoted family man with traditional family values. Although Eric realizes we live in a global community, he believes in America First.
Eric Story is a member of:
Patriot Guard Riders
Christian Motorcyclists Association
Gun Owners of America
Texas State Rifle Association
US Border WatchEric Story is a strong Republican Candidate for Congress.
September 8th, 2008 at 12:38 pm
Yes, the GOP needs more Eric Storys, more Sarah Palins, more Bobby Jindals, more diversity. The end of the old white man party is coming.
Whatever happened to Colin Powell’s endorsement of B.O.?
September 8th, 2008 at 1:09 pm
Brett - this is a great piece. I hope we will see more of these over the next 60 days.
September 8th, 2008 at 3:18 pm
As a San Antonian, This is an interesting story. Hopefully we can shake things up a little in Austin as well as in the U.S. House.