***OFFICIAL Texas Senate District Convention Thread***

Update from SD17 - RP's home turf:

SD17 represents south Brazoria County - we had mixed results. One positive - we had the advantage in actual turnout. The negative? In precinct voting strength - we lost in a close count. The result of this is that we failed in placing our candidate for convention chair. The second positive - the old guard actually treated us fairly in the state delegation. This is not surprising because the old guard is actually that - old. The Paul faction has the youth and represents the future of the Republican Party. SD17 is sending 45 delegates to State and of that number, 19 are Paul supporters. However, we also have alternates seated high on the list. Come the first week in June up in Ft Worth, it will likely end up closely even. We knew they were going to fight hard to keep control for another 2 years and they pulled this one out. And it will continue to be a hard fight all the way to Ft Worth - but it looks good from South Brazoria County.
 
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Just another note: Stay active! My first time doing all this was in '08. I returned in '10 and went again. That time I volunteered for committees and served on the resolutions at the county level. Then they let me be on the rules committee at the State convention. They have a hard time finding someone to commit to the time commitment of being on a committee. Today after we were done I went and reassured the Chair that I am still willing to serve if they need me on a State committee I am willing to go and put in the time. We'll see what happens.

It gets easier when you are helping at least a little bit at the local level! Don't give up and think it is a lost cause.
 
The Ron Paul folk in SD 14 definitely came prepared: https://twitter.com/#!/LizLeeWhite/status/193716843750498304/photo/1

SD 14 is the largest Senate District in Travis County. Their convention started at 10:30 this morning and is still going on. I have a friend there and it sounds like it's been an epic battle between the Ron Paul folk and the Establishment folk that could go into the wee hours of the night. They've even out stayed how long they rented the venue for and had to move out into the parking garage to continue: https://twitter.com/#!/LizLeeWhite/status/193864487231692800/photo/1
 
eleganz said:
So does that mean we took SD11?
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"took"? No. ~120 delegates were elected to go to the state convention for SD-11. I'd estimate (hard to say for sure) that maybe 20 were Ron Paul supporters. Hard to say for sure. There were a lot of people there that I didn't talk to, so I have no idea how they lean.
 
Amazing showdowns in SD10 and SD14. Actually, staredown might be more like it. I'm surprised they've kept a quorum both places.
 
Something else I forgot to add:

I'm not sure of the title of the person I asked about this, but he was checking us in (again, SD 11 Harris County) and was friendly, helpful, and knowledgeable, so I don't think he was putting me on. I was inquiring about alternates, and if I was sure I could not go, and sure my delegate COULD go, should I list list myself as an alternate to fill the spot or just leave it blank. He told me that alternates could be seated as a delegate for precincts other than their own --meaning, if PCT 001's delegate doesn't show, but PCT 002's does, PCT 002's alternate could be seated as PCT 001's delegate. He seemed to be saying that the SD's want to go to state at full strength and be able to represent to their full capacity.

I would assume that the full SD 11 (all the counties together) could "pool" their alternates to fill all of the delegate spots on the floor at state. (This is mere conjecture, s don't go saying "I read somewhere on the internet that blah blah blah.")

I also had a lot of positive interactions with non-Ron Paul people as well. The old guard seemed happy to have some youth present, regardless of our beliefs. We were very careful to begin with, asking our questions and trying to figure out who stood where. Once we figured out almost everyone seated around us were RP supporters, we were a little more open. I had a conversation with the man seated next to me in another precinct (he was the only one who showed for his) and while he wasn't a Ron Paul guy ("I like him except on foreign policy"), he did say he'd not only vote for him if he got the nomination, but vote for him enthusiastically. I didn't run across anyone who was vehemently anti-Paul.

Also, I get some street cred with the establishment types when I tell them I teach public school. It's very hard to hate a teacher, or tell a teacher she doesn't know what's going on in the real world.

To finish, I felt wonderful leaving the convention, like I'd actually accomplished something and done some good. Since my precinct chair was vacant, I filed to run for the position. I'd been debating with myself over it for a few months now and ended up saying, "Oh, what the hell? This convention process wasn't terribly complicated, I could manage getting my precinct more organized." I think I finally fully bought in to what I tell my students -- politics isn't actually all that complicated or difficult to understand. You just have to start reading, listening, and then get yourself involved.
 
Bern said:
"took"? No. ~120 delegates were elected to go to the state convention for SD-11. I'd estimate (hard to say for sure) that maybe 20 were Ron Paul supporters. Hard to say for sure. There were a lot of people there that I didn't talk to, so I have no idea how they lean.
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Yeah, PLUS, ~120 only accounts for Galveston's SD-11. Harris County's was ... whatever I posted before. Plus the other counties who haven't check in yet.
 
Exciting SD10 updates from KMX -

13m Kory Watkins ‏ @KoryWatkins Reply Retweet Favorite · Open
We are now moving people up Thayer left of list. We have majority we #Rule
16m Kory Watkins ‏ @KoryWatkins Reply Retweet Favorite · Open
We now have majority , time to play. #RonPaul
 
I attended the Burnet County convention.

All together, there were only 59 people at the convention and the county was allotted 27 delegates and 27 alternates. Only 32 people decided to apply to be delegates/alternates. I would estimate that 3 to 5 delegates were Ron Paul supporters. I didn't encounter any neocons and everyone was kind except for a creepy local politician who was yelling that he was being attacked on the campaign trail and that we shouldn't listen to any of that noise.

I think these old folks could be swayed if they had more information. A few of the resolutions were not your average fare like auditing the Fed and rejecting the UN's agenda 21. From what I could tell, the old guard was happy to find out about those issues and gladly said "aye" to move the resolution to be submitted to the state platform.

No fighting at all at this convention. It was a pleasant experience. I'd estimate there were only 2 people under the age of 50, though.
 
More SD10 -

Kory Watkins ‏ @KoryWatkins Close
We are getting all the #RonPaul supporter on who were left off & all alternates. Majority!
11:00 PM - 21 Apr 12 via txt · Details
 
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