One race people should watch is for state rep in the 7th district.
Incumbent Tommy Merritt advertises himself as the “Taxpayer’s Best Friend.” But he was single-handedly responsible for the fact that Texas didn’t pass a law requiring photo ID law to vote. The rest of the GOP members of the legislature made that abundantly clear.
So he has a serious, conservative opponent named David Simpson running on many issues, but largely on photo ID. And in an act of unbelievable chutzpah, Merrit has been running ads talking about “The Merritt Plan” for photo voter ID!!! Really shameless.
Anyway, you can track that here at the link below...Simpson is winning right now! Trust me, this is a big race and would be a huge upset of a long-time incumbent.
http://enr.sos.state.tx.us/enr/results/mar02_148_county91.htm
Hank
Thanks Hank!