From the desk of The 134

As we are about to start the New Year, one of our goals as an organization is to bring a lot of the resources we have been working on and...

For far too long, politicians and parties, Democrats and Republicans both, have ignored rural Texans west of I-35 and our communities...

Part of The 134's purpose is to build and maintain political knowledge and infrastructure across the entire 134. We are about to embark...

The primary filing period is over and many of the counties in The 134, even larger ones like Tom Green and Lubbock, had no one file to...

Whoever 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...

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...

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....

Hey y'all, Stuart here. Most days time seems to stand still (or move glacially) in the rural places of the world. It is as infinite as...

As bad as S.B. 1 is, it did do one thing that can help Democrats in rural Texas--it expanded extended voting hours for rural counties....

Not to be confused with Baylor University in McClennan County, or Baylor Medical Center in Houston, Baylor County is in Northwest Texas,...

As 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...

Bandera County, and the county seat of Bandera are officially known as the Cowboy Capital of the World. What we today call Bandera County...

Ever heard of Muleshoe, Texas? Who hasn't? Muleshoe is the County seat of Bailey County. Named for Peter James Bailey, a defender of...

If you haven't been following you may have missed the introduction of our inaugural project. REV THE 134, REV being short for Rural...

Armstrong County is situated in the Panhandle region of Texas. The county population is estimated to be 1,887, a small decline from...

Expand rural voting locations in The 134

Periodically 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...

Last Saturday The 134 PAC held its first kick off event in Granbury, Texas. It was an intimate invitation only event with Democrats from...

The 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...

The greatest obstacle to electing Democrats in The 134 is getting people to run in the first place. If there is no Democratic candidate...