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HOT TAKE ALERT: RURAL DEMOCRATS ARE DOING IT WRONG I do a lot of thinking and writing about the challenges of rural Democrats and rural...
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Jon Mark Hogg
Aug 12, 20221 min read
A County Hopping Campaign
By Jon Mark Hogg, Co-Founder of The 134 PAC There were 85 people who voted in the 2022 Democratic Primary in Dawson County (Lamesa) Texas....
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Jon Mark Hogg
Jul 16, 20224 min read
A Tale of Three Horses
I know a large coalition of rural Democrats and women were counting on a sea change in the direction of the Texas Democratic Party after...
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Jon Mark Hogg
Apr 21, 20222 min read
My Other Job is Traveling Salesman
So, most recently I have begun a quest to visit as many rural county chairs as I possibly can in person. Places like Gillespie, Mason,...
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Jon Mark Hogg
Mar 31, 20222 min read
Don't Let Anybody Turn You Around
Last Tuesday evening I attended the San Angelo Chapter of the NAACP Celebrating Women dinner in support of the L.A. Raibon Scholarship...
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Jon Mark Hogg
Mar 23, 20222 min read
Throwing Money Away
I was once asked by a rural County Chair what I thought about their party or club making a donation to TDP for something or other--voter...
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Jon Mark Hogg
Mar 15, 20223 min read
How to Rebuild the Bench
Texas Monthly recently highlighted one of the Texas Democratic Party's biggest problems, the lack of candidates with elected experience...
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Jon Mark Hogg
Feb 13, 20222 min read
Introducing The Joshua Fund
The purpose of The 134 PAC is to chip away, brick by brick, at the red Republican wall in rural Texas that every election stops...
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Jon Mark Hogg
Jan 24, 20222 min read
What to expect from "A Conversation About Rural Texas"
The 134 PAC does things different. We don't have meetings, conferences or panel discussions. We have conversations. We don't look for...
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Jon Mark Hogg
Dec 3, 20213 min read
Money isn't everything
Whoever heard of a PAC that is not all that interested in money? Sure, we have to ask for money because we have expenses to pay our...
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Jon Mark Hogg
Oct 30, 20212 min read
How do we reach ________ voters?
I get this question all the time. You can fill the blank with any group or class. How do we reach rural voters? How do we reach...
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Jon Mark Hogg
Oct 7, 20212 min read
Some Good News for 134 Democrats!
I want to share something that has been happening very quietly in The 134 over the last decade--so quietly it has largely gone unnoticed....
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Jon Mark Hogg
Aug 27, 20213 min read
Do It For Each Other
As Stuart and I travel and talk to people around The 134, I often encounter the same questions in county after county. As we enter the...
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Jon Mark Hogg
Jul 9, 20214 min read
Being Something Different
Periodically someone asks how much money we have raised. I guess that is the measure of success in politics today. If you don't rake in...
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Jon Mark Hogg
May 18, 20213 min read
First Things First
The 134 PAC is in its infancy. My hope is that it will live to a ripe old age and that one day, perhaps far into the future, it will...
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Jon Mark Hogg
May 7, 20212 min read
Candidates are the Key
The greatest obstacle to electing Democrats in The 134 is getting people to run in the first place. If there is no Democratic candidate...
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Jon Mark Hogg
Apr 18, 20213 min read
I Don't Care Who Runs for Governor
I am convinced that our obsession with state-wide races and big picture politics are what is killing the Democratic Party in rural Texas....
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