Jon Mark HoggApr 212 minMy Other Job is Traveling SalesmanSo, most recently I have begun a quest to visit as many rural county chairs as I possibly can in person. Places like Gillespie, Mason,...
Jon Mark HoggMar 312 minDon't Let Anybody Turn You AroundLast Tuesday evening I attended the San Angelo Chapter of the NAACP Celebrating Women dinner in support of the L.A. Raibon Scholarship...
Jon Mark HoggMar 232 minThrowing Money AwayI was once asked by a rural County Chair what I thought about their party or club making a donation to TDP for something or other--voter...
Jon Mark HoggMar 153 minHow to Rebuild the BenchTexas Monthly recently highlighted one of the Texas Democratic Party's biggest problems, the lack of candidates with elected experience...
Jon Mark HoggFeb 132 minIntroducing The Joshua FundThe purpose of The 134 PAC is to chip away, brick by brick, at the red Republican wall in rural Texas that every election stops...
Jon Mark HoggJan 242 minWhat to expect from "A Conversation About Rural Texas"The 134 PAC does things different. We don't have meetings, conferences or panel discussions. We have conversations. We don't look for...
Jon Mark HoggDec 3, 20213 minMoney isn't everythingWhoever heard of a PAC that is not all that interested in money? Sure, we have to ask for money because we have expenses to pay our...
Jon Mark HoggOct 30, 20212 minHow do we reach ________ voters?I get this question all the time. You can fill the blank with any group or class. How do we reach rural voters? How do we reach...
Jon Mark HoggOct 8, 20212 minSome Good News for 134 Democrats!I want to share something that has been happening very quietly in The 134 over the last decade--so quietly it has largely gone unnoticed....
Jon Mark HoggAug 28, 20213 minDo It For Each OtherAs Stuart and I travel and talk to people around The 134, I often encounter the same questions in county after county. As we enter the...
Jon Mark HoggJul 9, 20214 minBeing Something DifferentPeriodically someone asks how much money we have raised. I guess that is the measure of success in politics today. If you don't rake in...
Jon Mark HoggMay 18, 20213 minFirst Things FirstThe 134 PAC is in its infancy. My hope is that it will live to a ripe old age and that one day, perhaps far into the future, it will...
Jon Mark HoggMay 7, 20212 minCandidates are the KeyThe greatest obstacle to electing Democrats in The 134 is getting people to run in the first place. If there is no Democratic candidate...
Jon Mark HoggApr 18, 20213 minI Don't Care Who Runs for GovernorI am convinced that our obsession with state-wide races and big picture politics are what is killing the Democratic Party in rural Texas....