From the desk of The 134

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...

An independent redistricting commission is essential to the preservation of our democracy. After signing the United States Constitution...

I am convinced that our obsession with state-wide races and big picture politics are what is killing the Democratic Party in rural Texas....

Archer County lies in the Northeast corner of The 134. It consists of 900 sq miles of the Rolling Red plains and Cross Timbers region of...

Ralph Waldo Emerson once wrote, “Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes.” Those of us who grew up in rural areas, towns,...

The area where Andrews County is located has been inhabited since at least 6,000 B.C. Originally home to the Anasazi/Athapascan peoples...

I have lived in rural Texas for the better part of my life and all of that within the 134 counties that comprise West Texas. For the...

There is a crisis in the trucking industry in Texas. In 2019, there were over 39,000 commercial vehicle crashes that resulted in 619...