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...
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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
- Jan 4
- 1 min
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...
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Jon Mark Hogg
- May 13, 2022
- 5 min
Sign Wars Part 2 - Inside the City Limits
Most battles in our Sign Wars are going to be fought inside city, corporate limits. Cities of course are self-governing political...
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Jon Mark Hogg
- May 6, 2022
- 5 min
Sign Wars: There is Hope
Some of our county chairs have reached out seeking help in dealing with the flurry of offensive Republican signs that appear on our...
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Jon Mark Hogg
- Apr 10, 2022
- 2 min
Start Planning Now!
At The 134 PAC we have been unconventional since our beginning. One thing that makes us different is we are focused on building party...
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Jon Mark Hogg
- Mar 31, 2022
- 2 min
Don't Let Anybody Turn You Around
Last Tuesday evening I attended the San Angelo Chapter of the NAACP Celebrating Women dinner in support of the L.A. Raibon Scholarship...
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Jon Mark Hogg
- Mar 6, 2022
- 2 min
Many Hands Make Light work
One problem rural Democratic candidates have is raising enough money to fund their races. This is the result of problems unique to rural...
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Jon Mark Hogg
- Feb 13, 2022
- 2 min
Introducing The Joshua Fund
The purpose of The 134 PAC is to chip away, brick by brick, at the red Republican wall in rural Texas that every election stops...
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Jon Mark Hogg
- Jan 24, 2022
- 2 min
What 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...
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Jon Mark Hogg
- Dec 22, 2021
- 1 min
The 134 PAC Endorses Kim Olson for Chair of the Texas Democratic Party
For far too long, politicians and parties, Democrats and Republicans both, have ignored rural Texans west of I-35 and our communities...
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Jon Mark Hogg
- Dec 3, 2021
- 3 min
Money isn't everything
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...
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Jon Mark Hogg
- Oct 7, 2021
- 2 min
Some 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....
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Jon Mark Hogg
- Sep 4, 2021
- 1 min
There is a silver lining: We can get 12 hours of early voting in all 134 Counties
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....
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Jon Mark Hogg
- Aug 14, 2021
- 2 min
And then there were 89
If you haven't been following you may have missed the introduction of our inaugural project. REV THE 134, REV being short for Rural...
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Jon Mark Hogg
- Aug 10, 2021
- 2 min
Introducing The 134 - Armstrong County
Armstrong County is situated in the Panhandle region of Texas. The county population is estimated to be 1,887, a small decline from...
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Jon Mark Hogg
- May 18, 2021
- 3 min
First Things First
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...
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Jon Mark Hogg
- Apr 6, 2021
- 1 min
Introducing the 134: Archer County
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...
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Jon Mark Hogg
- Mar 25, 2021
- 1 min
Introducing The 134: Andrews County
The area where Andrews County is located has been inhabited since at least 6,000 B.C. Originally home to the Anasazi/Athapascan peoples...
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