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What We Do
We received a recent request for more information about what we do. Sometimes we get so caught up in doing things we forget to share...

Jon Mark Hogg
Aug 16, 20233 min read
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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,...

Jon Mark Hogg
Aug 4, 20234 min read
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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...

Jon Mark Hogg
Jul 27, 20235 min read
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NO ONE CAN BE FOR THIS!!
There are plenty of things Texans can disagree on. THIS IS NOT ONE OF THEM! I do not care what your political or religious beliefs are....

Jon Mark Hogg
Jul 21, 20231 min read
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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...

Jon Mark Hogg
Jul 13, 20233 min read
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ROAD TOUR OF TEXAS STARTS TODAY
JOIN US IN THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY THIS WEEKEND The 134 PAC is going on the road with Mothers4Democracy (Mothers Against Greg Abbott) and...

Jon Mark Hogg
Jul 6, 20231 min read
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Rural Democrats Need Your Help!
We hate asking for money. Most people do. But we started this PAC to advocate for and provide needed support to rural Democrats in The...

Jon Mark Hogg
Jun 29, 20231 min read
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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...

Jon Mark Hogg
May 24, 20233 min read
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Shifting Focus for 2024 - Texas' U.S. Senate Race
Many of you may have been wondering what The 134 PAC has been up to since the 2022 election? Mostly licking our wounds, the same as most...

Jon Mark Hogg
May 20, 20232 min read
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Remembering Charlie
Charlie Stenholm, the pride of Stamford, Texas, former congressman, rural advocate, and good friend of The 134 PAC, passed away...

Jon Mark Hogg
May 18, 20232 min read
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Workshop To Be Rescheduled
Due to unforeseen circumstances, we will have to reschedule our planned April 29 training on Run Your Own Primary in Fredericksburg. We...

Jon Mark Hogg
Apr 7, 20231 min read
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The Final Word on Vouchers
For the past year, I wrote extensively on voucher programs. It appears, as though, “facts and evidence” — as former President John Adams...

Jon Mark Hogg
Mar 28, 20233 min read
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Run Your Own Primary
Many rural Democratic County Chairs have asked about the possibility of running their own Democratic Primary elections for various...

Jon Mark Hogg
Mar 19, 20231 min read
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Don't Fear the Reaper? How About No.
With the dust settled over the midterms, we must now look onward to the upcoming legislative session that begins Jan. 10. One of the...
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Jan 23, 20233 min read
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Running Your Own Primary
Run Your Own Primary Survey How many times has this happened? Someone comes into the primary polling place and asks for a Democratic...

Jon Mark Hogg
Jan 15, 20232 min read
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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...

Jon Mark Hogg
Jan 9, 20235 min read
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Looking Ahead
Welcome to 2023! Some in politics refer to odd years, like this one, as off years. We like to think of them as the years when you can...

Jon Mark Hogg
Jan 4, 20231 min read
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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...

Jon Mark Hogg
Nov 18, 20222 min read
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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....

Jon Mark Hogg
Nov 15, 20223 min read
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Glad that is out of the way
Okay. Glad that is over. National and statewide elections themselves have very little to do with building a Democratic Party for rural...

Jon Mark Hogg
Nov 10, 20221 min read
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