[Helotes]

I never thought I would live long enough to see the day when a Republican was elected to Congress from Corpus Christi.

Blake Farenthold has done us a huge service. Thank You Mr. Farenthold.

[Manta]

Blake Farenthold won only because Willie Vaden ran against Ortiz in the last two elections. Vaden would have been the Repub candidate except that ortiz had his supporter vote in the repub primary with orders” anybody but Vaden”

Vaden got more and more of the vote against ortiz each time he ran

[deport]

This is a major accomplishment

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[SSS Two]

I never thought I would live long enough to see the day when a Republican was elected to Congress from Corpus Christi.

I'm wondering why you say that. 2006 was the last off-year election, and we must agree that 2006 was a Democrat wave year. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Senate), Rick Perry (R-Gov.) and David Dewhurst (R-Lt. Gov) are carried Corpus Christi's Neuces County.

In Neuces County, even many statewide down-ballot races -- which are good measures of party loyalty over candidate appeal -- went Republican in 2006 . These include Sharon Keller (R-Presiding Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals), Elizabeth Ames Jones (R-Railroad Commissioner) and Jerry Patterson (R-Land Commissioner)

Farenthold beat Ortiz 53-42 in Neuces County.