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Dogget in New Territory (in TXCD25) [campaigning with Patrick Kennedy]
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| Last Edited | Texas Democrat 06 Jan 20, 2004 08:48pm |
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| News Date | Tuesday, January 20, 2004 06:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | NOTE: this appeared in Jan 18 version of SA Express News. the Kennedy visit was in conjuction with fundraiser at house of Garry Mauro that was detailed in the article posted on my user page.
"Doggett in new territory"
AUSTIN, Jan. 18 — With a politician at his side whose last name is near mythic in South Texas, U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett traversed the Rio Grande Valley's agricultural towns last week, furiously locking up endorsements in his race to represent the newly minted Congressional District 25.
In the 30 years the liberal Austin Democrat has held public office, he's seldom had to rely on endorsements or promote himself to so many people who don't know him — or may not even speak his language at home.
Alongside him was U.S. Rep. Patrick Kennedy, D-R.I., nephew of President Kennedy, an icon to Catholic Hispanics even 40 years after his assassination.
And with him were Valley politicos who agree his experience and connections in Congress would be good for the area.
The five-term congressman has a $2 million war chest and a two-month head start on his Democratic opponent, State District Judge Leticia Hinojosa of McAllen, who is making her first run for Congress.
But six of every 10 of the district's voting-age residents are Hispanic. Its two southernmost counties have a 90 percent Hispanic population.
Doggett, unlike Hinojosa, doesn't speak Spanish. He guesses upward of 70 percent of the district's residents may not be familiar with his voting record, so endorsements are "critical for my credibility," Doggett said last week.
"Coming from their own local elected officials, it tells voters that maybe they ought to take a look at issues beyond race and gender and geography, and give a guy who can deliver a chance to do just that."
Hinojosa is popular in the Valley and has a key endorsement of her own: the backing of a Democratic state senator on Doggett's home turf, Gonzalo Barrientos of Austin.
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