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April 30, 2004

Kelly White Campaign Kickoff

By Byron LaMasters

I was going to post on the Kelly White Campaign kickoff, since I attended it last night, but a reader made my job easy by sending me his report:

Last night, the Kelly White Campaign (for State Representative in District 48), held its Official Kick Off Party at the Boathouse, right next door to the Hulu Hut. I was there as a volunteer, and thought I'd give you a brief rundown in case you wanted to post any information about it. Turnout was MUCH higher than expected- indeed, we ran out of name tags, having originally thought we had purchased too many. Many local Democratic notables were on hand, including Liz Carpenter, Greg Hamilton, Rhett Smith and others. Donations flowed into out collection baskets. The atmosphere was extremely positive and optimistic. After being introduced by her husband, Bill McLellan, Kelly made a wonderful speech, interrupted by applause several times. She describes her reasons for running as "One-third naivete, one-third idealism, and one-third being ticked off." She described her own astonishment that she once huddled in a phone booth with two babies, desperately calling a woman's shelter for help after fleeing an abusive marriage, and today she has a woman's shelter named after her. She also lambasted the current political climate in Texas, attacking special interest politicians in general and her opponent, Representative Todd Baxter, in particular. She attacked the lack of transparency in state government, and asked why Texas is one of only ten states in which politicians are not required to publicly declare how they voted. She also said that she expects her opponent to attack her in every possible way, including the making up of false charges, but that her experience in an abusive marriage had toughened her, and that she was not a person who takes kindly to bullying in any event. Overall, it was a great event, and a wonderful start to this campaign. Jeff

Kelly White is running against Todd Baxter in a northwest Austin based State House seat. Both Kirk Watson and John Sharp won the district for Democrats in 2002. White has an impressive background, so check out her webpage and learn more about her.

Posted by Byron LaMasters at April 30, 2004 12:44 PM | TrackBack

Comments

I loved hearing Kelly speak at our UDem meeting. She is an inspiration to everyone!

Posted by: Andrea M. at April 30, 2004 01:03 PM

Man, if I were a dem, I really wouldn't waste my time or money on this one. NW Austin is strongly republican, and Todd Baxter is popular there. Even if the dems make a strong effort here, they'll be lucky to get 38%.

Posted by: TM at April 30, 2004 08:13 PM

TM,
That's an odd thing to say, since Baxter won by the skin of his teeth in 2002, despite outspending his opponent 2 to 1. Besides which, his "record" in the 78th legislature hasn't exactly given him much of a reputation, except that of being an enslaved tool to special interests.

Posted by: Anaxagoras at April 30, 2004 10:35 PM

To put it bluntly: Kelly White ain't no Ann Kitchen, the popular *incumbent* with a large following. Only rabid dems care about the old "special interests" dodge, a non-starter for most every dem from WJB to Gore. 38%.

Posted by: TM at April 30, 2004 11:46 PM

Uhmm... the district was won by John Sharp and Kirk Watson:

LT. GOVERNOR
DEWHURST, DAVID R 21,500 45.8%
SHARP, JOHN D 25,487 54.2%

ATTORNEY GENERAL
ABBOTT, GREG R 23,279 48.9%
WATSON, KIRK D 24,295 51.1%

As with district 50 (Strama / Stick), 48 leans Republican, but has lots of independent swing voters that are willing to vote for a Democrat.

Posted by: Byron L at April 30, 2004 11:52 PM

Watson being the popular mayor of Austin, it's astonishing that he only got 51%. Sharp almost beat Dewhurst statewide. But far be it from me to put a damper on your dist 48 dreams... or dist 50 for that matter (Strama hasn't a prayer either). Just seems like a waste of time and money that could be better spent in more productive ways.

Posted by: TM at May 1, 2004 01:04 PM

TM,

Not only did Sharp and Watson win District 48 in 2002, but Ron Kirk got 46% of the vote (higher than the statewide average). If an African-American left-of-center Senate candidate can do that well, in the face of massive outspending by his uber-Republican opponent, it's quite clear that District 48 is far from a Republican stronghold. It's up for grabs.

The victory will go to the better candidate, and Kelly White is the better candidate.

Posted by: Anaxagoras at May 2, 2004 12:15 AM
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