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Join the Resistance
Before we can formulate an overall strategy to grow the Democratic Party in rural Texas, we must identify what the biggest obstacle to...

Jon Mark Hogg
Sep 6, 20233 min read


2024 Primary Grant Information is Online
This morning we posted our 2024 primary grant process information on our website. Here is the link: https://www.the134pac.org/2024-prim...

Jon Mark Hogg
Sep 2, 20231 min read


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...

Jon Mark Hogg
Aug 30, 20232 min read


What We Do
We received a recent request for more information about what we do. Sometimes we get so caught up in doing things we forget to share...

Jon Mark Hogg
Aug 16, 20233 min read


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,...

Jon Mark Hogg
Aug 4, 20234 min read


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...

Jon Mark Hogg
Jul 27, 20235 min read


NO ONE CAN BE FOR THIS!!
There are plenty of things Texans can disagree on. THIS IS NOT ONE OF THEM! I do not care what your political or religious beliefs are....

Jon Mark Hogg
Jul 21, 20231 min read


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...

Jon Mark Hogg
Jul 13, 20233 min read


ROAD TOUR OF TEXAS STARTS TODAY
JOIN US IN THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY THIS WEEKEND The 134 PAC is going on the road with Mothers4Democracy (Mothers Against Greg Abbott) and...

Jon Mark Hogg
Jul 6, 20231 min read


Rural Democrats Need Your Help!
We hate asking for money. Most people do. But we started this PAC to advocate for and provide needed support to rural Democrats in The...

Jon Mark Hogg
Jun 29, 20231 min read


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...

Jon Mark Hogg
May 24, 20233 min read


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...

Jon Mark Hogg
May 20, 20232 min read


Remembering Charlie
Charlie Stenholm, the pride of Stamford, Texas, former congressman, rural advocate, and good friend of The 134 PAC, passed away...

Jon Mark Hogg
May 18, 20232 min read


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...

Jon Mark Hogg
Apr 7, 20231 min read


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...

Jon Mark Hogg
Mar 28, 20233 min read


Run Your Own Primary
Many rural Democratic County Chairs have asked about the possibility of running their own Democratic Primary elections for various...

Jon Mark Hogg
Mar 19, 20231 min read


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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Jan 23, 20233 min read


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...

Jon Mark Hogg
Jan 15, 20232 min read


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...

Jon Mark Hogg
Jan 9, 20235 min read


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...

Jon Mark Hogg
Jan 4, 20231 min read
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