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A crowd of about 90 people at the state convention for Tejano Democrats stood up Sunday afternoon in a ballroom at the Omni Bayfront Hotel, clinking their glasses with spoons, applauding and chanting, "Kerr-Y, Kerr-Y," for Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry. David Van Os, a Democratic candidate for the Texas Supreme Court who is running against Justice Scott Brister, had just reminded them of the state's Democratic roots. "Don't believe anybody who tells you this is a rebuilding year for the Democrats of Texas. The hell it is!" Van Os said, reminding listeners that Texas voted for Carter in 1980....

President Lyndon B. Johnson's only grandson will speak about civil rights during the Tejano Democrats' state convention Sunday at the Omni Bayfront Hotel Johnson's grandson, Lyndon Nugent, is the honorary chair of the "Take Back Texas" campaign, an effort to get more Democrats elected into office in Texas. He is an attorney in the San Antonio office of Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP. "Lyndon comes from a family with a deep commitment to civil rights and the Tejano community," Aaron Pena, chairman of the state Tejano Democrats, said in a prepared statement. "We, the children and grandchildren of...