Bay Area Houston

Well color me late to the game.

Bob Mitchell, the former President of the Bay Area Houston Economic Partnership has filed to run against former CCISD Trustee Scott Bowen for State Representative. Bob is a conservative candidate running on the right issues. (Check out his website at https://www.bobmitchell4tx.com) He has experience. He has the political skills. He has political connections and is already supported by local conservative leaders, including Pearland Mayor Kevin Cole, Friendswood Mayor Mike Foreman, Seabrook Mayor Jim Sweeney, former Seabrook Mayor Thom Kolupski, Taylor Lake Village Mayor Jon Keeney, former Morgans Point Mayor Michel Bechtel, and former Houston Mayor Pro-Tem Dave Martin. That is an impressive list.

As a Democrat I would probably support a qualified Democrat if one chooses to be on the ballot but this district is so gerrymandered that a Democrat could knock on 25,000 doors, make over 20,000 phone calls, and raise over $400,000 and still lose by 15+ points. (I should know, I worked on that campaign) It would be a very tough race to win but the republican primary is different.

This primary will pit a conservative against a MAGAt. Mitchell vs Bowen. It could be one district where the Conservatives have a chance to take back their once great party or the MAGAts continue with their version of conservatives who brush off racism, out of control spending, screwing public education, and siding with insurance companies over the businesses and citizens in the Bay Area. Conservatives threw Bowen off the CCISD School Board. Maybe they will keep him out of the House.

Can Conservatives take back their party in House District 129? I hope so.

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