Young Conservatives of Texas Release Primary Endorsements

Submitted by TMcDonald on Wed, 02/13/2008 - 4:46pm.

Along with staying busy here at TFR as "The Intern," I also moonlight as a State Vice Chairman for Young Conservatives of Texas.  I'm very proud to announce that YCT has released our endorsements for the 2008 primary.  The full page of endorsements can be found here.  To learn more about YCT, our website is www.yct.org.

A few highlights:

  • In House District 99, YCT has endorsed and campaigned for Dr. Tom Annunziato. Dr. Tom offers a great conservative alternative to current incumbent RINO Charlie Geren.
  • Voters in District 55, in the Killeen/Temple area, have the privilege to vote for one of the best candidates for State Representative I’ve ever had the opportunity to meet. Michael Pearce, a Marine and school teacher-turned-entrepreneur is uniquely qualified to serve Texans in the House of Representatives. He is the kind of candidate conservative Texans need.
  • On the congressional side, YCT has endorsed State Representative Robert Talton for Congress in District 22 (Tom Delay’s old seat). Talton has served Texas well in the Legislature and he is the clear conservative choice for Congress in a very crowded field there in Sugar Land. 
  • Out in District 23 in west Texas, we have endorsed Quico Canseco for Congress. He’s a fantastic conservative running in a contested primary to take on Democrat Ciro Rodriguez.

These are just a few of the endorsements.  Please take a look at the full list of endorsements found here. We do our endorsements by sending out questionnaires to the candidates, conducting interviews when necessary, and relying heavily (for state races) on YCT's Legislative Ratings.
 
I hope that you will use these endorsements and ratings to make wise choices on March 4th. For those who don't have contested primaries, endorsements for the general election will be released sometime this summer.

YCT

Complete listing of YCT endorsements

United States House of Representatives
CD-3 Sam Johnson
CD-4 Ralph Hall
CD-14 Ron Paul
CD-22 Robert Talton
CD-23 Quico Canseco

Texas House of Representatives
HD-4 Betty Brown
HD-8 Bobby Vickery
HD-26 Charlie Howard
HD-29 Randy Weber
HD-52 Bryan Daniel
HD-55 Mike Pearce
HD-56 Doc Anderson
HD-61 Phil King
HD-67 Jerry Madden
HD-73 Nathan Macias
HD-78 No Endorsement
HD-83 No Endorsement
HD-96 Bill Zedler
HD-97 Mark Shelton
HD-99 Tom Annunziato
HD-101 Mike Anderson
HD-112 Randy Dunning
HD-122 Frank Corte
HD-127 Joe Crabb
HD-129 Jon Keeney
HD-130 Corbin Van Arsdale
HD-144 Ken Legler

Texas Senate
SD-4 Tommy Williams

Local Races
Harris County Judge Ed Emmett

*No Endorsement means that no candidate adequately represents YCT’s stated principles

-Randy A. Samuelson

Thanks Randy.

Thanks Randy.

I also moonlight as a State

I also moonlight as a State Vice Chairman for Young Conservatives of Texas.