History and Hope in Concho County
I want to tell y'all a story about a lady named Elaine MItchell. She lives in Concho County (popl 3,000) out on the Edwards Plateau. It...
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Jon Mark Hogg
Feb 203 min read
Rural Democrats, Think Before You Vote Republican
Early voting has started today, and I know what many of our rural Democrats are asking themselves. My Republican state representative...
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Jon Mark Hogg
Jan 11 min read
Happy New Election Year!
HAPPY NEW YEAR! 2024 is upon us. It is the year for primary and general elections. If you live in an 80/20, 70/30 or even a 60/40...
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Jon Mark Hogg
Dec 10, 20234 min read
What Tony Hawk Taught Me About Politics
Never vote in a Republican Primary Well, that is not exactly what he said, but I will get to the point in a minute. First, as many of...
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Jon Mark Hogg
Nov 11, 20233 min read
With Friends Like This...
Barbara Kingsolver, the award winning novelist of Demon Copperhead once said, "We [rural people] are the last demographic that...
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Jon Mark Hogg
Sep 9, 20233 min read
Forget The General Election
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 30, 20232 min read
Is there Racial Gerrymandering at the County Level in The 134?
We often hear about challenges to redistricting and gerrymandering of congressional and state house and senate districts. We never hear...
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Jon Mark Hogg
Aug 4, 20234 min read
On Being Toto
Because of how I am, the path I have chosen, and what I believe is best for Texas, and the Texas Democratic Party I catch a little flack,...
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Jon Mark Hogg
Jul 27, 20235 min read
The Border is a Rural Issue
It is up to rural Democrats to solve it. As with most rural issues, Texas Democrats ceded the border to the GOP long ago. With the...
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Jon Mark Hogg
Jul 13, 20233 min read
Perfect Love and Politics
Love has no fear, because perfect love casts out fear. 1 John 4: 18 One of the consistent themes we at THE 134 PAC hear traveling and...
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Jon Mark Hogg
May 24, 20233 min read
It's the Primary Stupid!
For several years now the growing Democratic vote in Texas urban and suburban areas gave 134 Democrats like myself hope. When Beto...
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Jon Mark Hogg
May 18, 20232 min read
Remembering Charlie
Charlie Stenholm, the pride of Stamford, Texas, former congressman, rural advocate, and good friend of The 134 PAC, passed away...
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Jon Mark Hogg
Jan 9, 20235 min read
It is Time for Some Serious Talk
2018 offered some hope that the Democratic Party was gaining ground in Texas. 2020, still looked fairly bright, although it was not as...
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Jon Mark Hogg
Nov 18, 20222 min read
Why Texas Democrats Need Rural
The familiar drumbeats to ignore rural and focus only on urban Democratic strongholds in 2024 have already begun. The first response I...
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Jon Mark Hogg
Nov 15, 20223 min read
All Politics is Local
There is a lot of hang-wringing and debate going on among Democrats all over the state right now in the wake of the 2022 election results....
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Jon Mark Hogg
Sep 24, 20222 min read
Nobody Knows What They Are Doing
I am going to say the quiet part out loud. Nobody knows how to win an election as a Democrat in rural Texas, at least not in deep red...
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Jon Mark Hogg
Sep 9, 20223 min read
A Guy Can Dream Can't He?
Driving back from our successful organizing meeting in Gaines County late last night I started thinking about the huge needs for...
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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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