For me:
Governor - Abbott. He's been OK, not great, as governor, but it's an easy win with him as the candidate, compared to the other guys running in the GOP primary.
LTG - Patrick. There are a bunch of no-names running against him, and while Patrick always seems slippery, and I wouldn't buy a used car from him, he delivers in the end. Since he's been LTG, we've gotten on 2A issues: open carry, campus carry, emergency carry, Constitutional Carry, blacklisting of anti-gun banks from doing business with Texas (a big win and one that doesn't get enough attention). He's the single most powerful elected official in the state of Texas - more powerful in reality than the governor, thanks to how the state constitution is set up (to deprive Union installed governors after the Civil War from running the state), and if he truly didn't want any of those to pass, they would not have.
Patrick's MO seems to be: make it take it, like street basketball. If you make him work for gun rights by calling and emailing and showing up to the Legislature, he'll make it happen. If you vote for him, and then hold good thoughts about what you'd like to see done, he'll work on other issues, for voters who are wiling to put in the work. Maybe I have low standards, and am willing to put in the work, but that's good enough for me.
AG - Paxton. Here's another slippery character, who's been under indictment now since 2015 (which seems foolish - either take him to trail or drop the case DOJ. He's been under indictment now for longer than WWII took to fight). But he delivers, and has had some good wins against both King Obama, and Depends Biden in court. He's running against Louis Gohmert, who's past his prime, Eva Guzman, who I wished has stayed on the Texas Supreme Court, and George Bush the 8th or whatever his number is. The Bush family are turds who quit if the going gets tough (his granddad quit in office in 1991 and gave us Clinton, his uncle quit in office in 2005 and gave us both Obama, and a 60 vote Democrat Senate). Never vote for a Bush. This family needs to get tossed in the trash where they belong.
Agriculture Commission - I'm going with Rep. James White. He's not the incumbent (that's Sid Miller), but I was very impressed with Rep White when the Constitutional Carry bill was heard in his committee. He moved that bill along, and was very polite and professional during the public hearings, which went on to 6 am (!), as that committee had to spend all day on some Be Nice to Criminals proposed bill, with the associated hollering and screaming as you would expect.
Land Commissioner - Dawn Buckingham. She did a very good job I'm told helping Constitutional Carry move along in the Senate, behind the scenes, and didn't make a big deal out of it. She's currently a State Senator, and a medical doctor. She'd be a good candidate for LTG or Governor after a 4 year stint in statewide office, and has been endorsed by all the GOP big wigs - Trump, Cruz, Patrick, and Perry.
Your choices?
Last edited: Jan 21, 2022