It's the Primary Stupid! (Part 1)
For several years now the growing Democratic vote in Texas urban and suburban areas gave 134 Democrats like myself hope. When Beto...
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The 134 Staff
- May 20
- 2 min
Shifting Focus for 2024 - Texas' U.S. Senate Race
Many of you may have been wondering what The 134 PAC has been up to since the 2022 election? Mostly licking our wounds, the same as most...
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Jon Mark Hogg
- May 18
- 2 min
Remembering Charlie
Charlie Stenholm, the pride of Stamford, Texas, former congressman, rural advocate, and good friend of The 134 PAC, passed away...
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The 134 Staff
- Apr 7
- 1 min
Workshop To Be Rescheduled
Due to unforeseen circumstances, we will have to reschedule our planned April 29 training on Run Your Own Primary in Fredericksburg. We...
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Drew Landry
- Mar 28
- 3 min
The Final Word on Vouchers
For the past year, I wrote extensively on voucher programs. It appears, as though, “facts and evidence” — as former President John Adams...
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The 134 Staff
- Mar 19
- 1 min
Run Your Own Primary
Many rural Democratic County Chairs have asked about the possibility of running their own Democratic Primary elections for various...
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- Jan 23
- 3 min
Don't Fear the Reaper? How About No.
With the dust settled over the midterms, we must now look onward to the upcoming legislative session that begins Jan. 10. One of the...
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The 134 Staff
- Jan 15
- 2 min
Running Your Own Primary
Run Your Own Primary Survey How many times has this happened? Someone comes into the primary polling place and asks for a Democratic...
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Jon Mark Hogg
- Jan 9
- 5 min
It is Time for Some Serious Talk
2018 offered some hope that the Democratic Party was gaining ground in Texas. 2020, still looked fairly bright, although it was not as...
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The 134 Staff
- Jan 4
- 1 min
Looking Ahead
Welcome to 2023! Some in politics refer to odd years, like this one, as off years. We like to think of them as the years when you can...
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Jon Mark Hogg
- Nov 18, 2022
- 2 min
Why Texas Democrats Need Rural
The familiar drumbeats to ignore rural and focus only on urban Democratic strongholds in 2024 have already begun. The first response I...
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Jon Mark Hogg
- Nov 15, 2022
- 3 min
All Politics is Local
There is a lot of hang-wringing and debate going on among Democrats all over the state right now in the wake of the 2022 election results....
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The 134 Staff
- Nov 10, 2022
- 1 min
Glad that is out of the way
Okay. Glad that is over. National and statewide elections themselves have very little to do with building a Democratic Party for rural...
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Jon Mark Hogg
- Sep 24, 2022
- 2 min
Nobody Knows What They Are Doing
I am going to say the quiet part out loud. Nobody knows how to win an election as a Democrat in rural Texas, at least not in deep red...
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Charlie Stenholm
- Sep 19, 2022
- 2 min
Gerrymandering = Legalized Cheating
Something for All Texans to think about as Friday Night lights have begun. Football has rules that are administered by Referees. A game...
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Jon Mark Hogg
- Sep 9, 2022
- 3 min
A Guy Can Dream Can't He?
Driving back from our successful organizing meeting in Gaines County late last night I started thinking about the huge needs for...
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Jon Mark Hogg
- Sep 4, 2022
- 5 min
A Plan To Rebuild in Rural Texas
When the party Chairman joined us for our fundraiser event in Amarillo in July, he told me that while he knew that I had been critical of...
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The 134 Staff
- Aug 14, 2022
- 1 min
Upcoming Events
Friday August 19 we will be with the Kerr County Democrats in Kerrville, Texas for their meeting at 5:30 p.m. Saturday August 27 at 10:00...
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Jon Mark Hogg
- Aug 12, 2022
- 1 min
A County Hopping Campaign
By Jon Mark Hogg, Co-Founder of The 134 PAC There were 85 people who voted in the 2022 Democratic Primary in Dawson County (Lamesa) Texas....
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Cathy Collier
- Aug 10, 2022
- 6 min
How to Revive your County Party
by Cathy Collier, Gillespie County Chair "I didn’t know there WERE any Democrats in… (fill in your county’s name)" If you have ever had...
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