Posted on 06/16/2016 12:31:32 PM PDT by Clintonfatigued
There are 29 statewide elected offices in Texas. Republicans control 28 of them. And then there’s Lawrence E. Meyers, 68, the senior judge on the state’s highest criminal court and the sole Democrat.
How did he do it? By defection. He was elected in 1992 as a Republican to the state Court of Criminal Appeals, and won re-election as a Republican in later elections. But he switched parties in 2013.
Now, for the first time since crossing over, Judge Meyers is up for re-election as a Democrat in November. To call him an underdog is an understatement. The last time a Democrat won a statewide office was nearly 22 years ago, in November 1994.
As thousands of Texas Democrats gather this week in San Antonio for the party’s state convention, Judge Meyers talked on Tuesday about being blue in a red state. His office near the Texas Capitol is a rabble-rouser’s oasis: giant flags covering the bookshelves, baseball gloves, a basketball backboard and hoop, “The Big Lebowski” on DVD, GQ magazines and stacks of mail on the chairs.
Q. What does it feel like to be a Democrat in a conservative state?
A. Well, it’s pretty lonely. I wouldn’t classify the state as conservative. It’s just the fact that people who are getting elected to a lot of the positions profess to be conservative, but I would think the state is much more broad-minded than that. It’s frustrating, too. I’ve never regretted changing over to being a Democrat. Right now we just don’t have any statewide leadership to turn to. The days of Bob Bullock and Ann Richards and Pete Laney and those guys, who were all great leaders, they’ve either retired or passed away.
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I can’t wait to vote him out of office!
I can’t wait to vote him out of office!
Boo-f***in’-hoo-if he’s so lonely, I’d be happy to contribute a few bucks to help rent him a U-Haul to take his liberal ass and all his stuff to Cali for good-it will help make Texas a better place...
I never heard that this SOB switched parties. His utter decimation should be a priority for the Texas GOP.
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