TX race includes "cameo appearances by Dean and the Moonies."

[madfloridian]

How very weird. Things could get interesting in TX.

http://www.wfaa.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/politics/state/stories/092304dntexallen.b401f.html

National figures part of state House race
Dean endorses challenger; incumbent gets business, law enforcement support

10:32 PM CDT on Wednesday, September 22, 2004

By KAREN BROOKS / The Dallas Morning News

AUSTIN – "Who would have thought a race to represent the working-class residents of Grand Prairie and South Irving would include cameo appearances by Howard Dean and the Moonies?

Anything's possible in the spirited race for state House District 106 between Republican state Rep. Ray Allen and Democrat Katy Hubener, who moved from nearby Duncanville for the chance to unseat the incumbent..."

SNIP..."Last week, the Texas Democratic Women sent a letter to Mr. Allen's district office accusing him ties to the Rev. Sun Myung Moon's Unification Church.

Ms. Hubener said she knew nothing about the charge.

Mr. Allen said he was president of the "Christian Voice" in the early 1980s until he found out that a lobbyist with "undue influence" in the group worked for the Moonies.

Mr. Allen said he sought the lobbyist's removal. Three months later, the lobbyist was rehired, and Mr. Allen lost the presidency....."

Here is Hubener's website:
http://www.katyfortexas.com/HubenerWinsPowerfulEndorsement.htm