Independent candidates Kinky Friedman, & Carol "Grandma" Strayhorn have been added on the ballot in November
By the Democrat
Independent gubernatorial candidates Kinky Friedman and Carole “Grandma” Strayhorn are officially approved for the November ballot.
Friedman was certified for 1377,154 signatures and Grandma was certified for 108,512. Now the show begins. The two independent candidates only needed 45,540 to get their name placed on the ballot. Their names will be added to the list that includes Democratic nominee Chris Bell, Republican Governor Rick Perry and Libertarian James Werner.
Friedman was quoted as saying, The people of Texas have spoken-they are ready or a change,” while Grandma said, “Let the race begin.”
Secretary of State Roger Williams' office conducted the laborious count that in the end allowed the two independents on the ballot. The criteria for signing either one of the two petitions was that the registered voter had not voted in either Republican or Democratic Primary. Signers could only sign one petition, not both.
Author and country western singer Friedman said that Texans are fed up with Republicans and Democrats. "This tells us what we've long suspected: the two-party system has failed our state."
Democratic nominee Chris Bell is mired in the mix, along with Strayhorn and Friedman in the 20 percentile while the Governor retains a lead somewhere in the mid to high 30 percentile.
No real surprise Kinky says voters are fed up with Democrats because he's run for office in the past as a Republican and he voted for Bush/Cheney and he gave an interview with Ruminator magazine where praised Bush's foreign policy in the Middle East.
ReplyDeleteNo real surprise Kinky says voters are fed up with the Republicans because he'd never beat Perry for the GOP nomination despite the fact Kinky is to the far right of Perry on the issues of immigration policy and Kinky's re-writing of the First Amendment's separation of church and state