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TSRA-PAC Primary Voter's Guide Updated 5/13/2012

**Early Voting - May 14th thru May 25th

Election Day-Tuesday, May 29th

Runoff Elections-July 31st

Endorsements and Ratings for Federal Candidates

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Key to the 2012 Primary Voter's Guide

Candidates are awarded letter grades based on their record vote in office and/or the answers to the candidate questionnaire. An A+ indicates heroics, beyond a perfect voting record. Any score less than an A indicates a bad vote or an attempt to derail TSRA legislation.

"Q" added to a letter score indicates score is based on answers to the candidate questionnaire. Candidate has no voting record.

"*" designates an incumbent seeking reelection

"??" indicates the candidate failed to return the candidate questionnaire, could be considered hostile to 2nd Amendment issues.

Again, any candidate with less than an A or less than an AQ gave incorrect answers to questions specific to the TSRA-PAC legislative agenda or has a less than perfect voting record on TSRA identified issues.

Endorsed candidates are designated in red and bold

Attention: Houston-Harris County TSRA members:

TSRA-PAC announces endorsement for the reelection Pat Lykos, incumbent Harris County District Attorney.

*Pat Lykos (R) Rated A and Endorsed

Mike Anderson (R) Rated AQ


Statewide Offices		Race			Rating
Becky Berger (R )		Railroad Comm. Place 1		1	AQ
Beryl Burgess (R )		Railroad Comm. Place 1		1	??
Warren Chisum (R )		Railroad Comm.		1	A
Christi Craddick (R )		Railroad Comm. Place 1		1	AQ
Roland Sledge (R )		Railroad Comm.		1	AQ
Joe Cotton (R )		Railroad Comm.		1	??
Al Lee (R )		Railroad Comm.		2	AQ
Elizabeth Murray-Kolb (R )		Railroad Comm.		2	AQ
Greg Parker (R )		Railroad Comm.		2	AQ
*Barry Smitherman (R )		Railroad Comm.		2	A+	Endorsed
State Senator				Dist.	Rating
*Robert Nichols (R )		State Senate		3	A	Endorsed
Tammy Blair (R )		State Senate		3	AQ
*Tommy Williams (R )		State Senate		4	A+	Endorsed
Michael Galloway (R )		State Senate		4	A
Charles Schwertner (R )		State Senate		5	A	Endorsed
Ben Bius (R )		State Senate		5	AQ
Kelly Hancock (R )		State Senate		9	A
Todd Smith (R )		State Senate		9	A
Mark Shelton (R )		State Senate		10	A	Endorsed
Derek Cooper (R )		State Senate		10	AQ
Larry Taylor (R )		State Senate		11	A	Endorsed
Dave Norman (R )		State Senate		11	AQ
Daniel McCool (R )		State Senate		11	AQ
*Jeff Wentworth (R )		State Senate		25	A+	Endorsed
Donna Campbell (R )		State Senate		25	AQ
Elizabeth A. Jones (R )		State Senate		25	A
*Robert Duncan (R )		State Senate		28	B
EM Garza (R )		State Senate		28	AQ
*Craig Estes (R )		State Senate		30	A+	Endorsed
Jim Herblin (R )		State Senate		30	AQ
*Kel Seliger (R )		State Senate		31	A	Endorsed
Randy Rives (R )		State Senate		31	AQ
State Representatives
HD 2*	Dan Flynn	A+	Endorsed
HD 2	George Alexander (R )	AQ
HD 3	Bob Bagley (R )	AQ
HD 3	Cecil Bell, Jr. (R )	AQ
HD 3	Troy Bonin (R )	AQ
HD 4*	Lance Gooden (R )	A+	Endorsed
HD 4	Stuart Spitzer (R )	AQ
HD 5*	Bryan Hughes (R )	A	Endorsed
HD 5	Mary Lookadoo (R )	??
HD 6*	Leo Berman (R )	A+	Endorsed
HD 6	Matt Schaefer (R )	A- Q
HD 7*	David Simpson (R )	A+	Endorsed
HD 7	Tommy Merritt (R )	A
HD 8*	Byron Cook (R )	A	Endorsed
HD 8	Bobby Vickery (R )	AQ
HD 9*	Wayne Christian (R )	A	Endorsed
HD 9	Chris Paddie (R )	AQ
HD 10*	Jim Pitts (R )	A	Endorsed
HD 10	T.J.Fabby (R )	AQ
HD 10	Matthew Melton (R )	??
HD 10	Linda Bounds (R )	AQ
HD 11*	Chuck Hopson (R )	A+	Endorsed
HD 11	Travis Clardy (R )	AQ
HD 11	Tony Sevilla (R )	??
HD12	Chris Scotti (R )	AQ
HD 12	Kyle J. Kacal (R )	AQ
HD 12	Timothy Delasandro (R )	A- Q
HD 12	Josh Tetens (R )	AQ
HD 12	Tucker Anderson (R )	AQ
HD 14*	Raney, John (R )	A	Endorsed
HD 14	Hal Hawkins (R )	A- Q
HD 15*	Rob Eissler (R )	A	Endorsed
HD 15	Steve Toth (R )	AQ
HD 18*	John Otto (R )	A	Endorsed
HD 18	Dwayne Stovall (R )	AQ
HD 19	Mike Hamilton (R )	A
HD 19	James White (R )	A
HD 21*	Allan Ritter (R )	A	Endorsed
HD 21	Daniel Miller (R )	AQ
HD 23	Wayne Faircloth (R )	AQ
HD 23	Bill Wallace (R )	AQ
HD 23	Rachel Delgado (R )	AQ
HD 24	Greg Bonnen (R )	AQ
HD 24	Heidi Thiess (R )	AQ
HD 24	Ryan Sitton (R )	AQ
HD 26	Sonal Bhuchar (R )	AQ
HD 26	Jacquie Chaumette (R )	AQ
HD 26	Diana Miller (R )	??
HD 26	Rick Miller (R )	AQ
HD 29	Debra Rosenthal-Ritter (R )	AQ
HD 29	Ed Thompson (R )	AQ
HD 33	Jim Pruitt (R )	AQ
HD 33	Scott Turner (R )	AQ
HD 35	Oscar Longoria (D)	??
HD 35	Gus Ruiz (D)	??
HD 37*	Rene Oliveira (D)	F
HD 37	Alex Dominguez (D)	??
HD 39*	Mando Martinez (D)	A	Endorsed
HD 39*	Joseph Campos (D)	??
HD 40	T.C. Bentancourt (D)	??
HD 40	Terry Canales (D)	??
HD 40	Auggie Hernandez (D)	??
HD 40	Robert Pena (D)	??
HD 43*	J.M. Lozano (R )	A
HD 43	Bill Wilson II (R )	AQ
HD 43	William Vaden (R )	AQ
HD 43	Yvonne G. Toureilles (D)	A
HD 43	Gabriel Zamora (D )	??
HD 47*	Paul Workman (R )	A	Endorsed
HD 47	Ryan Downton (R )	AQ
HD 53*	Harvey Hilderbran (R )	A	Endorsed
HD 53	Cary Wise (R )	AQ
HD 55*	Ralph Sheffield (R )	A+	Endorsed
HD 55	John Alaniz (R )	??
HD 56*	Doc Anderson (R )	A	Endorsed
HD 56	Chris DeCluitt (R )	AQ
HD 56	Raymond Hixson (R)	??
HD 57*	Marva Beck (R )	A	Endorsed
HD 57	Trent Ashby (R )	AQ
HD 57	Robert Stem (D)	??
HD 57	Roy Walthall (D)	??
HD 59*	Sid Miller (R )	A+	Endorsed
HD 59	Mike Jones (R )	AQ
HD 59	J.D. Sheffield (R )	??
HD 64*	Myra Crownover (R )	A	Endorsed
HD 64	Mike Brucia (R )	AQ
HD 65	Mike Hennefer (R )	AQ
HD 65	David Loerwald (R )	AQ
HD 65	Ron Simmons (R )	AQ
HD 67	Jeran Akers (R )	AQ
HD 67	Roger Burns (R )	AQ
HD 67	Jon Cole ( R)	AQ
HD 67	Jeff Leach (R )	AQ
HD 67	John Pitchford (R )	??
HD 68	Paul Braswell (R )	AQ
HD 68	David Isbell (R )	BQ
HD 68	Trent McKnight (R )	??
HD 68	Drew Springer (R )	AQ
HD 70	Scott Sanford (R )	AQ
HD 70	Bracy Wilson (R )	AQ
HD 73*	Doug Miller	A	Endorsed
HD 73	Rob Smith (R )	??
HD 74	Dora Alcala (R )	AQ
HD 74	Thomas Kinkaid (R )	AQ
HD 74	Poncho Nevarez (D)	??
HD 74	Robert Garza (D)	??
HD 74	Efrain Valdez (D)	??
HD 75	Hector Enriquez (D)	??
HD 75	Tony San Roman (D)	??
HD 75	Mary Gonzalez (D)	??
HD 77*	Marisa Marquez (D)	A
HD 77	Aaron Barraz (D)	??
HD 80*	Tracy O. King (D )	A	Endorsed
HD 80	Jerry Garza (D)	??
HD 83*	Charles Perry (R )	A	Endorsed
HD 83	Delwin Jones (R )	B
HD 85	Lee Duggan (R )	AQ
HD 85	Phil Stephenson (R )	AQ
HD 88*	Jim Landtroop (R )	A	Endorsed
HD 88	Ken King (R )	AQ
HD 88	Mac Smith (R )	AQ
HD 88	Gary Walker (R )	A
HD 90*	Lon Burnam (D )	F
HD 90	Carlos Vasquez (D)	??
HD 91	Lady Theresa Thombs (R )	AQ
HD 91	Ken Sapp (R )	AQ
HD 91	Charles Scoma (R )	??
HD 91	Stephanie Klick (R )	AQ
HD 92	Jonathan Stickland (R )	AQ
HD 92	Roger Fisher (R )	??
HD 93*	Barbara Nash (R )	A	Endorsed
HD 93	Matt Krause (R )	AQ
HD 93	Pat Carlson (R )	??
HD 94*	Diane Patrick (R )	B
HD 94	Trina Lanza (R )	AQ
HD 95	Jamal Jones Masimin (D)	??
HD 95	Jesse Gaines (D)	??
HD 96*	Bill Zedler (R )	A	Endorsed
HD 96	Mike Leyman (R )	AQ
HD 97	Craig Goldman (R )	AQ
HD 97	Susan Todd (R )	AQ
HD 98*	Vicki Truitt (R )	A	Endorsed
HD 98	Giovanni Capriglione (R )	AQ
HD 101	Paula Hightower Pierson (D)	A
HD 101	Chris Turner (D)	A-
HD 101	Vickie Barnett (D)	??
HD 106	Pat Fallon (R )	AQ
HB 106	Amber Fulton (R )	AQ
HD110	Cedric Davis (D)	??
HD110	Larry Taylor (D)	??
HD110	Toni Rose (D)	??
HD 114	Bill Keffer (R )	A
HD 114	David Boone (R )	??
HD 114	Jason Villalba (R)	AQ
HD 115	Lib Grimmett (R )	AQ
HD 115	Steve Nguyen (R )	AQ
HD 115	Andy Olivo (R )	??
HD 115	Matt Rinaldi (R )	AQ
HD 115	Bennett Ratliff (R )	AQ
HD 121*	Joe Straus (R )	A+	Endorsed
HD 121	Matt Beebe (R )	AQ
HD 125	Delicia Herrera (D)	??
HD 125	Justin Rodriguez (D)	??
HD 127*	Dan Huberty (R )	A	Endorsed
HD 127	Bobby Jordan (R )	AQ
HD 129*	John Davis (R )	A	Endorsed
HD 129	Mary Huls (R )	??
HD 131*	Alma Allen (D)	C+
HD 131	Wanda Adams (D)	??
HD 132*	Bill Callegari (R )	A	Endorsed
HD 132	Randy Brown (R )	AQ
HD 133*	Jim Murphy (R )	A	Endorsed
HD 133	Grant Johnston (R )	??
HD 133	Ann Witt (R )	AQ
HD 136	Tony Dale (R )	AQ
HD 136	Paul Matthews (R )	AQ
HD 137	Joseph Madden (D)	??
HD 137	Jamaal Smith (D)	??
HD 137	Sarah Winkler (D)	??
HD 137	Gene Wu (D)	??
HD 138*	Dwayne Bohac (R )	A	Endorsed
HD 138	Whet Smith (R )	??
HD 143	Frank Salazar (R )	??
HD 143	Doug Wisekopf (R )	CQ
HD 144	Gilbert Pena (R )	??
HD 144	David Pineda (R )	AQ
HD 144	Mary Ann Perez (D)	??
HD 144	Kevin Risner (D )	AQ
HD 144	Ornaldo Ybarra (D)	??
HD 146*	Boris Miles (D)	F
HD 146	Al Edwards (D)	F
HD 147*	Garnet Coleman (D)	F
HD 147	Ray Hill (D )	??
HD 149	Don Mullins (R )	AQ
HD 149	Jack Lee (R )	??
HD 149	Dianne Williams (R )	??
HD 150*	Debbie Riddle (R )	A+	Endorsed
HD 150	James Wilson (R )	AQ

Senator Bob Deuell and Rep. Lance Gooden

Kaufman Co. Tea Party

All elections bring out the best and the worst emotions in voters and no less in a primary election among like-minded folks in Kaufman County.

Recently I received an email alert from a Tea Party member in Kaufman County. The alert was from their information coordinator and contained errors, big errors, with regards to TSRA supported legislation passed in 2011. The errors and general misinformation centered on TSRA’s range protection bill, SB 766, written and filed by Senator Craig Estes (R-Wichita Falls) and State Rep. Jason Isaac (R-Dripping Springs). The passage of SB 766 earned Senator Estes TSRA’s Doc Brown Legislator of the Year Award. Without a doubt, Rep. Isaac will receive the same honor in the future.

After decades of lies, allegations, and cronyism; Texas range owners have protection from nuisance lawsuits and now neighbors have a formula in law for dealing with an unsafe range.

When a second email alert arrived the same week distorting the role State Senator Bob Deuell, R-Greenville, and State Representative Lance Gooden, R-Terrell, played in passing SB 766, I contacted the oerson responsible for the alert.

Run-Off for Special Election in Brazos Co.

Republican candidates, Bob Yancy of College Station, and John Raney of Bryan, are pitted in a run-off for Texas House District 14 on December 13th. This special election was called to fill the seat vacated early due to Rep. Fred Brown's retirement. In such an election, the candidate taking more than 50% of the vote wins, that didn't happen during the Sept. 7th election with a field of four candidates: three Republicans and one Democrat. Yancy finished with 39.4% and Raney with 27.8% of the total vote. Both have been working very hard.

The overwhelming concnern is voter apathy. If you live in Brazos Co. or have friends or family in the area, please go to the polls.

Both Mr. Yancy and Mr. Raney completed the TSRA-NRA candidate questionnaire and both are A rated based on their answers.

In the meantime, filing has begun with or without the new redistricting maps. Candidate filing closes on December 15th and everyone filed will run for something against someone. What a mess!

Expectations are that the maps: State House, State Senate, and Congressional, will be sorted out and clarified by then.

All of this is in preparation for the March Primary Elections in Texas.

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