Monday, November 23, 2009

Tolleson staying out of 2010 8th District race

Move state Sen. Ross Tolleson, R-Perry, from the "maybe" to the "not this time" column in next year's 8th District race. From Sen. Tolleson, via text message:
"My wife and I have decided to wait until my twin daughters finish high school, which will be two more years. My family comes first over politics. I am very disappointed in Congressman Marshall and his strong support of the left wing leadership he keeps supporting in Washington, D.C. I think that Congressman Marshall is risking the safety of America by supporting Nancy Pelosi and the left wing leadership. I wish he would stand up and fight for America instead of his party. I think the people of the 8th Congressional District would like to see their congressman fight for their views instead of his political party."
Sen. Tolleson was the last established politician (with the exception of former U.S. Rep. Mac Collins - and it's hard to say what he'll do) considering this race, to my knowledge.

So the GOP candidates who will fight to face Marshall to date are Ken DeLoach, Angela Hicks, Valerie Meyers and Paul Rish.

2 comments:

Nick said...

Exactly what has Marshall done to help the Democrats in Congress? He sure isn't helping on health care. I mean the only possible thing would be voting for Pelosi for Speaker? I'm not sure he even did that.

Come on!

Lucid Idiocy said...

Nick - just saw this comment. Is it your complaint about your hometown's congressman, or your advice to possible Republican challengers not to try the same campaign strategy against Marshall that hasn't worked the last two times?