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HOT TAKE ALERT: RURAL DEMOCRATS ARE DOING IT WRONG I do a lot of thinking and writing about the challenges of rural Democrats and rural...
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Jon Mark Hogg
- Aug 30
- 2 min
Is there Racial Gerrymandering at the County Level in The 134?
We often hear about challenges to redistricting and gerrymandering of congressional and state house and senate districts. We never hear...
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Jon Mark Hogg
- Aug 4
- 4 min
On Being Toto
Because of how I am, the path I have chosen, and what I believe is best for Texas, and the Texas Democratic Party I catch a little flack,...
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Jon Mark Hogg
- Jul 27
- 5 min
The Border is a Rural Issue
It is up to rural Democrats to solve it. As with most rural issues, Texas Democrats ceded the border to the GOP long ago. With the...
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Jon Mark Hogg
- Jul 13
- 3 min
Perfect Love and Politics
Love has no fear, because perfect love casts out fear. 1 John 4: 18 One of the consistent themes we at THE 134 PAC hear traveling and...
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Jon Mark Hogg
- May 24
- 3 min
It's the Primary Stupid!
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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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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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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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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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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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
- Jul 16, 2022
- 4 min
A Tale of Three Horses
I know a large coalition of rural Democrats and women were counting on a sea change in the direction of the Texas Democratic Party after...
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