TX06 Special Election Followup

 

Today is May 1st and municipal election day in Texas.  I wanted to follow up on the results of the TX06 special election that was held also.  I thought there might be interest since there were 4 previous posts on the election with over 200 replies.  I guess it is technically 3 posts (one, two, three) and a podcast in the last month.

The big contention was whether this “anti-Trump” upstart, Michael Wood, would be the future of the GOP.   One of the candidates in the race was the widow of the individual who previously occupied the office.  Mrs. Wright is the leading vote-getter and will be in the run-off.   With 94% of the votes in, second place is barely held by Jake Ellzey, who I thought was the most likely winner (I didn’t know about the widow component).  If these results hold, it will be two GOP candidates in the runoff.  Third place is some Democrat that would certainly lose in the runoff.  And that anti-Trump upstart? He is currently in 9th position with about 3% of the vote.  It looks like that bold strategy didn’t pay off in MAGA country.  Paging Liz Cheney…

Candidate Votes Percent
Susan Wright GOP 15,020 19.21%
Jake Ellzey GOP 10,842 13.86%
Jana Sanchez DEM 10,476 13.40%
Brian Harrison GOP 8,474 10.84%
Shawn Lassiter DEM 6,941 8.88%
John Castro GOP 4,308 5.51%
Tammy Allison DEM 4,222 5.40%
Lydia Bean DEM 2,913 3.72%
Michael Wood GOP 2,497 3.19%
Michael Ballantine GOP 2,212 2.83%

The important thing is that the Camping Ban looks like it is passing in Austin.  Yeah!

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  1. kedavis Coolidge
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    The Reticulator (View Comment):

    Gary Robbins (View Comment):
    Biden is the least bad of the Democrats.

    Biden has become what Trump’s critics said he (Trump) would be. Worse than that would be pretty bad.

    Ooops, I see you brought it here yourself.

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  2. Gary Robbins Member
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    Barfly (View Comment):

    There is no hope for anyone that fallen. Regardless what childhood injury prompts a man to fear and reject the light and embrace the fall, there’s no way back. Y’all should give up on that hope.

    I know a guy a little like him. Daddy issues turned him bitter against everything manly that made his society comfortable, and his anger still surfaces in pretense like CoD and UFC. Never saw a man with more chickish preferences.

    The only question for me is, is whether our case is a broken individual, or (as I suspect) a paid troll. Either way, his only hope is thru it. No leftist has ever been saved by convincing.

    If I were a “paid troll,” why in the world would I pay member dues of $500.00 a year as a Reagan Level member for the privilege of commenting as a member?  I could be a Lincoln Level Member for only $45 a year, or a Coolidge Level Member for only $55 a year.

    We have gotten way off topic; we are now debating Trump and me, instead of talking about the special election in the Texas 6th Congressional District.

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  3. Gary Robbins Member
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    namlliT noD (View Comment):

    Gary Robbins (View Comment):
    I had a gut feeling that Trump, alone of any American President, would not respect the will of the voters and would Goebbels-like try to steal the election using “The Big Lie” employing the equivalent of the Brown Shirts, which is why happened on 1/6 in the Capitol Riot.

    Flagged for lying, bad faith, and the libel of calling President Trump a Nazi.

    Key to the definition of “The Big Lie” is that it is a propaganda technique that employs a controlled media. In this country, the media is working against President Trump.

    You are inverting the definition of the term.

    Don, you have used this language of “Flagged for Lying, bad faith, etc” over and over again.  Have you noticed that I have not been redacted whenever you have done this?  If memory serves, the remedy for comments you disagree with is to file your own comments, not to flag something you don’t like.

    • #33
  4. E. Kent Golding Moderator
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    Gary Robbins (View Comment):

    Barfly (View Comment):

    There is no hope for anyone that fallen. Regardless what childhood injury prompts a man to fear and reject the light and embrace the fall, there’s no way back. Y’all should give up on that hope.

    I know a guy a little like him. Daddy issues turned him bitter against everything manly that made his society comfortable, and his anger still surfaces in pretense like CoD and UFC. Never saw a man with more chickish preferences.

    The only question for me is, is whether our case is a broken individual, or (as I suspect) a paid troll. Either way, his only hope is thru it. No leftist has ever been saved by convincing.

    If I were a “paid troll,” why in the world would I pay member dues of $500.00 a year as a Reagan Level member for the privilege of commenting as a member? I could be a Lincoln Level Member for only $45 a year, or a Coolidge Level Member for only $55 a year.

    We have gotten way off topic; we are now debating Trump and me, instead of talking about the special election in the Texas 6th Congressional District.

    If I was paying a Troll,  I would pay enough that the person could Troll from the most prestigious member level.    I am not saying you are a paid Troll, but the Reagan level is not evidence against it.    Supporting the Democrats is classic “We have to destroy the village to save the village”.    There is not going to be an America left when you and your Democrat friends are done saving it.

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  5. Hang On Member
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    Gary Robbins (View Comment):

    Barfly (View Comment):

    There is no hope for anyone that fallen. Regardless what childhood injury prompts a man to fear and reject the light and embrace the fall, there’s no way back. Y’all should give up on that hope.

    I know a guy a little like him. Daddy issues turned him bitter against everything manly that made his society comfortable, and his anger still surfaces in pretense like CoD and UFC. Never saw a man with more chickish preferences.

    The only question for me is, is whether our case is a broken individual, or (as I suspect) a paid troll. Either way, his only hope is thru it. No leftist has ever been saved by convincing.

    If I were a “paid troll,” why in the world would I pay member dues of $500.00 a year as a Reagan Level member for the privilege of commenting as a member? I could be a Lincoln Level Member for only $45 a year, or a Coolidge Level Member for only $55 a year.

    We have gotten way off topic; we are now debating Trump and me, instead of talking about the special election in the Texas 6th Congressional District.

    You never show any other semblance of logic. So it makes as much sense as anything else.

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  6. Hang On Member
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    Gary Robbins (View Comment):

    namlliT noD (View Comment):

    Gary Robbins (View Comment):
    I had a gut feeling that Trump, alone of any American President, would not respect the will of the voters and would Goebbels-like try to steal the election using “The Big Lie” employing the equivalent of the Brown Shirts, which is why happened on 1/6 in the Capitol Riot.

    Flagged for lying, bad faith, and the libel of calling President Trump a Nazi.

    Key to the definition of “The Big Lie” is that it is a propaganda technique that employs a controlled media. In this country, the media is working against President Trump.

    You are inverting the definition of the term.

    Don, you have used this language of “Flagged for Lying, bad faith, etc” over and over again. Have you noticed that I have not been redacted whenever you have done this? If memory serves, the remedy for comments you disagree with is to file your own comments, not to flag something you don’t like.

    Wonder if the$500 has anything to do with it.

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  7. namlliT noD Member
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    Gary Robbins (View Comment):

    namlliT noD (View Comment):

    Gary Robbins (View Comment):
    I had a gut feeling that Trump, alone of any American President, would not respect the will of the voters and would Goebbels-like try to steal the election using “The Big Lie” employing the equivalent of the Brown Shirts, which is why happened on 1/6 in the Capitol Riot.

    Flagged for lying, bad faith, and the libel of calling President Trump a Nazi.

    Key to the definition of “The Big Lie” is that it is a propaganda technique that employs a controlled media. In this country, the media is working against President Trump.

    You are inverting the definition of the term.

    Don, you have used this language of “Flagged for Lying, bad faith, etc” over and over again. Have you noticed that I have not been redacted whenever you have done this? If memory serves, the remedy for comments you disagree with is to file your own comments, not to flag something you don’t like.

    I’m flagging violations of the Ricochet Code of Conduct because it’s an important part of Ricochet’s “community for smart, civil conversation on the center right”.

    And you’re calling people Nazis.

    • #37
  8. Gary Robbins Member
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    namlliT noD (View Comment):

    Gary Robbins (View Comment):

    namlliT noD (View Comment):

    Gary Robbins (View Comment):
    I had a gut feeling that Trump, alone of any American President, would not respect the will of the voters and would Goebbels-like try to steal the election using “The Big Lie” employing the equivalent of the Brown Shirts, which is why happened on 1/6 in the Capitol Riot.

    Flagged for lying, bad faith, and the libel of calling President Trump a Nazi.

    Key to the definition of “The Big Lie” is that it is a propaganda technique that employs a controlled media. In this country, the media is working against President Trump.

    You are inverting the definition of the term.

    Don, you have used this language of “Flagged for Lying, bad faith, etc” over and over again. Have you noticed that I have not been redacted whenever you have done this? If memory serves, the remedy for comments you disagree with is to file your own comments, not to flag something you don’t like.

    I’m flagging violations of the Ricochet Code of Conduct because it’s an important part of Ricochet’s “community for smart, civil conversation on the center right”.

    And you’re calling people Nazis.

    I did not use the word “Nazi,” you and others did.

    • #38
  9. Stad Coolidge
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    Gary Robbins (View Comment):
     I would vote for the least Trumpy candidate.

    I voted for Trump because he was the least “Bideny” . . .

    • #39
  10. Gary Robbins Member
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    Since this is a public statement which is directly on point, it is not covered by copyright laws.  I hope that we can return to the purpose of this post, which was how Michael Wood did in the Texas 6th Congressional District’s Special Election.  Here is Michael Wood’s statement that I just received:

    A Statement from Michael Wood: I am proud of the campaign we ran, and regret nothing. This was always going to be a long shot, but I hope that others around the country will do the same, and fight for our party and our country.

    I would like to thank first and foremost my wife Sarah for her steadfast support and the many, many hours she dedicated to this effort. I am humbled by the outpouring of support, donations, and kind words that I received from across the country. Many friends, family members, and strangers volunteered hours of their time making calls, going door-to-door, and working polling stations. It all meant so much to me. Representative Adam Kinzinger went out on a limb for me and was a constant source of advice and encouragement. He is a true patriot, a good man, and the people of Illinois should be proud of him.

    I am gravely concerned about the state of the Republican Party. Let me be clear: this is not because I lost an election. I am concerned because a Republican President of the United States lied to the American people, took advantage of his supporters’ noble patriotism, encouraged a mob to disrupt the lawful operations of the United States Congress, was derelict in his duty as commander-in-chief to put an end to this insurrection – and then the overwhelming majority of elected Republicans in Congress failed to show the courage this moment required. Republican members of Congress then voted to overturn an election and attempted to disenfranchise millions of Americans. The events of January 6, 2021 are a stain on America. The failures of Republicans in the weeks that followed are a stain on the party of Abraham Lincoln.

    Those of us blessed to call ourselves “Americans” can lose sight of just how rare and fragile republics are. All the freedom, prosperity, and security we enjoy are not the norm in human history. There is no guarantee that this glorious experiment in self-government we inherited from our forefathers will one day be passed to our children. I am not concerned about an invasion by a foreign army. I am afraid that we will tear ourselves apart and slowly turn into just an ordinary country. Political violence must always be denounced. Public servants must not be above accountability. Elected officials must not lie to the public. Those who disagree with us must not be thought of as enemies but as countrymen. “We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies”. I want spirited, passionate debates about the future of our country because we do have honest disagreements. I do not want violence.

    The easiest thing to be in American political life is a Republican who criticizes the Republican Party. This is not how I wanted to enter the political arena. However, my fellow Republicans, there is a sickness in our party that must be acknowledged and addressed. We are too much a cult of personality and a vehicle for the grievances of Donald Trump. We are too comfortable with conspiracy theories. We spend too much time and effort making it difficult for people to vote under the banner of “election integrity” instead of building a broader coalition, and asking ourselves why we have only won the presidential popular vote twice in my lifetime. We minimize and excuse an attack on the heart of our democracy. In short, we are making it hard for good people to call themselves Republicans. I do not primarily blame the people for this any more than I would blame a private for losing a war. This is mainly the fault of elected Republican leaders.

    I do not know what is next for me. I do know that I do not have it in me to stop fighting for my country. For the time being, I will return to my family and my business. I hope that others take heart from my campaign, and run for office themselves. There is no avoiding the difficult and risky work of politics if we want to change our country. During a low moment in my campaign I found myself writing on a sheet of notes “AMERICA IS WORTH ALL THIS”. I still believe that, and I hope others will pick up this banner and continue this struggle to save our party and our country.

    —  Michael A. Wood

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  11. kedavis Coolidge
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    TG;DR.

     

    (Too Gary; Didn’t Read)

    • #41
  12. namlliT noD Member
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    Gary Robbins (View Comment):
    I did not use the word “Nazi,” you and others did.

    I abbreviated… you specifically  referenced Joseph Goebbels, Hitler’s Minister of Propaganda, Hitler’s “Big Lie”, and Hitler’s Brown Shirts.

    Flagged and flagged for Bad Faith.

    • #42
  13. Boney Cole Member
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    Trump greatly expanded the Republican vote, especially among traditionally non-Republican voters.  The voters he brought into the party swamped the relatively few ( but amazingly energetic, vocal, and lavishly funded) never Trumpers. 

    • #43
  14. kedavis Coolidge
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    Boney Cole (View Comment):

    Trump greatly expanded the Republican vote, especially among traditionally non-Republican voters. The voters he brought into the party swamped the relatively few ( but amazingly energetic, vocal, and lavishly funded-by-the-left) never Trumpers.

     

    There you go.

    • #44
  15. kedavis Coolidge
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    “Everyone should run for office!  Maybe you, too, can come in 9th, behind four other Republicans AND FOUR DEMOCRATS!” – Michael Wood

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  16. Flicker Coolidge
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    namlliT noD (View Comment):

    Gary Robbins (View Comment):
    I did not use the word “Nazi,” you and others did.

    I abbreviated… you specifically referenced Joseph Goebbels, Hitler’s Minister of Propaganda, Hitler’s “Big Lie”, and Hitler’s Brown Shirts.

    Flagged and flagged for Bad Faith.

    Didn’t Nameless refer to “brownshirts”?  Those are nazis.  Nameless should know that, or else not use the term.

    • #46
  17. Gary Robbins Member
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    kedavis (View Comment):

    TG;DR.

     

    (Too Gary; Didn’t Read)

    But you saw fit to comment that you didn’t read this.

    • #47
  18. Gary Robbins Member
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    Boney Cole (View Comment):

    Trump greatly expanded the Republican vote, especially among traditionally non-Republican voters. The voters he brought into the party swamped the relatively few ( but amazingly energetic, vocal, and lavishly funded) never Trumpers.

    And Trump decimated the Republican Party in the suburbs, with the educated, women and the young.  He then lost by 7 million votes.  Not a winning formula.

    • #48
  19. JustmeinAZ Member
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    Gary Robbins (View Comment):
    He then lost by 7 million votes.  Not a winning formula

    A misleading statistic. He lost by 5 million in California and 2 million in New York. Those states would have gone for Biden anyway. To say he lost by 7 million votes makes it sound like a blowout. It wasn’t.

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  20. Richard Easton Coolidge
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    JustmeinAZ (View Comment):
    Happy

    And yet few watched his address last week. Maybe they didn’t pay the cable bill in the graveyards.

    • #50
  21. kedavis Coolidge
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    Richard Easton (View Comment):

    JustmeinAZ (View Comment):
    Happy

    And yet few watched his address last week. Maybe they didn’t pay the cable bill in the graveyards.

    Or maybe the people who voted multiple times, could only watch the address once?

    • #51
  22. DonG (2+2=5. Say it!) Coolidge
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    Gary Robbins (View Comment):
    Biden is the least bad of the Democrats.

    He is the most corrupt.  He is senile.  He lies and race-baits continually.  He is owned by the CCP.  He raped an employee.  He is a complete leftist.  He is a happy baby killer.   He is a bad Catholic.  He is an egotistical jerk.  He is gleefully anti-American.   I think he might just be the MOST BAD of the Democrats offered.

    • #52
  23. DonG (2+2=5. Say it!) Coolidge
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    Somebody else weighed in on the race result today.
    Image

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  24. The Reticulator Member
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    DonG (2+2=5. Say it!) (View Comment):

    Somebody else weighed in on the race result today.
    Image

    I miss President Trump. I think everyone does these days. 

    • #54
  25. kedavis Coolidge
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    The Reticulator (View Comment):

    DonG (2+2=5. Say it!) (View Comment):

    Somebody else weighed in on the race result today.
    Image

    I miss President Trump. I think everyone does these days.

    I hope so, but I have no illusions about how dumb a lot of people are.

    • #55
  26. DJ EJ Member
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    On a related note, I came across this story today. Note the difference in coverage between Sky News Australia and the local Utah affiliate. The Sky News video gives you a more accurate sense that the boos went on much louder and longer than the local Utah coverage does where they cut it off and skip to the party official calming the crowd down.

    The local Utah affiliate coverage:

     

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  27. The Reticulator Member
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    DJ EJ (View Comment):
    On a related note, I came across this story today. Note the difference in coverage between Sky News Australia and the local Utah affiliate. The Sky News video gives you a more accurate sense that the boos went on much louder and longer than the local Utah coverage does where they cut it off and skip to the party official calming the crowd down.

    Maybe their program committee should have thought a little harder about who to invite to speak to the group. 

    • #57
  28. Gary Robbins Member
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    The Reticulator (View Comment):

    DonG (2+2=5. Say it!) (View Comment):

    I miss President Trump. I think everyone does these days.

    I don’t miss Trump, not at all, other than noticing that the low grade headache that I had had for five years is now gone.  I rejoice every day that he is no longer in office.  Whenever I am feeling down, I say out loud in the presence of  my i Phone, “Hey Siri, who is the President of the United States?”  Answer:  “Joe Biden is the President of the United States.”

    This also works with Alexis.  A friend in Coronado, California has Alexis, and over the phone, I spoke loudly and asked “Hey Alexis, who is the President of the United States.”  Answer:  “Joe Biden is the President of the United States.”

    The other NT’s and NAT’s who I have spoken to feel the same way.  One CPA from Phoenix pointed out that we saved the nation and our party from Trump.  As a group, we aren’t delighted with all of Biden’s spending, but Trump was the person who opened up the floodgates of spending.

    I was a member of the Tea Party where our goals were to limit government spending, restrain Government to the Constitution and to oppose Obama’s Cult of Personality.  The Tea Party, and now the so-called Freedom Caucus, sold us out on all three goals while bending the knee of fealty to Trump.

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  29. Gary Robbins Member
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    The Reticulator (View Comment):

    DJ EJ (View Comment):
    On a related note, I came across this story today. Note the difference in coverage between Sky News Australia and the local Utah affiliate. The Sky News video gives you a more accurate sense that the boos went on much louder and longer than the local Utah coverage does where they cut it off and skip to the party official calming the crowd down.

    Maybe their program committee should have thought a little harder about who to invite to speak to the group.

    Um, Senator Romney is the elected Republican Senator from Utah.  He kinda has a right to attend Utah Republican Party meetings.  This is akin to being able to confront the witnesses against you under the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution.

    The Arizona Republican Party, where I served as a Precinct Committeeman, is doing a very effective job of destroying itself as a viable organization.  From 1952 to 2016, only once did Arizona vote for the Democrat for President.  But under the leadership of Trump, and his hand-picked Chair “Chemtrails” Kelli Ward and Congressmen Andy Biggs and Paul Gosar, I strongly doubt that after 13+ years of holding the governorship, we will hold it after the 2022 elections.  We will have brought it on ourselves.  I remember that for decades, Arizona had two Republican Senators and only one or two token Democrat Representatives.  Now, for the first time since 1952, Arizona has two Democrat Senators, and the House delegation is 5-4, with five Democrats and four Representatives who call themselves “Republicans” but who voted to overturn Arizona’s votes on January 6, 2021.  (These four so-called Republican Representatives Biggs, Gosar, Lesko and Schweikert, are part of the 139 Representatives who need to be systematically driven out of office.)

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  30. kedavis Coolidge
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    Gary Robbins (View Comment):
    Now, for the first time since 1952, Arizona has two Democrat Senators, and the House delegation is 5-4, with five Democrats and four Representatives who call themselves “Republicans” but who voted to overturn Arizona’s votes on January 6, 2021.  (These four so-called Republican Representatives Biggs, Gosar, Lesko and Schweikert, are part of the 139 Representatives who need to be systematically driven out of office.)

    Leaving the Democrats still in office.

    Well, at least you’re consistent.

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