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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSenator Leticia Van de Putte Announces Bid For Texas Lieutenant Governor
Leticia Van de Putte did her part during the Wendy Davis filibuster in the Texas Senate.
Leticia Van de Putte Announces Bid For Texas Lieutenant Governor
The Huffington Post - Ashley Alman - 11/23/2013 - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/23/leticia-van-de-putte-lt-governor_n_4329375.html
Texas state Sen. Leticia Van de Putte (D) announced her bid for lieutenant governor on Saturday.
Speaking at the San Antonio College gymnasium before hundreds of supporters, Van de Putte made her plans to join Sen. Wendy Davis (D-Fort Worth) on the campaign trail official. It is the first time in Texas history that women will lead a major party's ticket for the state's top offices, and only the fourth time in national history.
Discussing her concerns with the states of education, transportation, immigration, women's rights and veterans affairs, Van de Putte insisted, "Doesn't Texas deserve better than that?"
"We're proud of Texas, too, but Texas families deserve better than what they've been getting," Van de Putte said. "Texas can do better than this, and that's why I announce that I'll ask the people of Texas to hire me as their next lieutenant governor."
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Senator Leticia Van de Putte Announces Bid For Texas Lieutenant Governor (Original Post)
Coyotl
Nov 2013
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Coyotl
(15,262 posts)1. Give her a LIKE on Facebook here:
DURHAM D
(32,620 posts)2. Done and Done
ETA: Actually to be more correct Will Do and Will Do
Coyotl
(15,262 posts)4. Facebook is a useful activist tool if one Likes the right people.
My Fb Newsfeed keeps me up to date on a lot of politics news, easp. my state's Congress critters.
Coyotl
(15,262 posts)3. 2009: "... de Putte helped unite her party in 2008. Could Texas Dems unite behind her ...."
Leticia Van de Putte helped unite her party in 2008. Could Texas Dems unite behind her for higher office in 2010?
By Gilbert Garcia
Published: 2/18/2009 - http://www.altweeklies.com/aan/could-texas-dems-unite-behind-leticia-van-de-putte-for-higher-office-in-2010/Story?oid=912456
By Gilbert Garcia
Published: 2/18/2009 - http://www.altweeklies.com/aan/could-texas-dems-unite-behind-leticia-van-de-putte-for-higher-office-in-2010/Story?oid=912456
The first thing you notice when you enter the waiting area of Leticia Van de Puttes Capitol office in Austin is the abundance of gavels.
Soon enough, you zero in on other items: the sign on her office door that reads Dont Mess With Texas Women; the picture commemorating Pope John Paul IIs visit to San Antonio; a basketball signed by the UTSA varsity squad; snapshots of Van de Putte smiling with Lyle Lovett and Willie Nelson; and the framed front page of the 1945 V-E edition of the San Antonio Light, featuring a large picture of Van de Puttes mother, then a young child, and grandmother, on her knees in exultation, reacting to the monumental news.
But the gavels are the key mementos of this San Antonio pharmacists improbable 18-year career in the Texas Legislature, the last nine as senator for District 26. Theres a glass-encased gavel from the 75th Legislature, and various others scattered on bookshelves between trinkets and family pictures.
The most important gavel in Van de Puttes collection, however, is the one thats not here. Its the gavel she pounded last August in front of an arena full of delegates and millions of TV viewers at the Democratic National Convention in Denver (and which Ted Kennedy touched when he addressed the convention). That gavel, which Van de Putte keeps in a satin-lined box in her San Antonio office, symbolizes what an astounding year 2008 was for her.
In January, she delivered the Spanish-language response to George W. Bushs final State of the Union Address. In February, she block-walked on the West Side with Hillary Clinton. In June, she set the stage for Clintons withdrawal from the presidential sweepstakes by striking a unifying tone at the Texas Democratic Convention. The following week, she joined 11 other Latino leaders at a Washington meeting with Barack Obama to discuss his relationship with the Latino community.
In August, she co-chaired the third night of the national convention, ...........
Soon enough, you zero in on other items: the sign on her office door that reads Dont Mess With Texas Women; the picture commemorating Pope John Paul IIs visit to San Antonio; a basketball signed by the UTSA varsity squad; snapshots of Van de Putte smiling with Lyle Lovett and Willie Nelson; and the framed front page of the 1945 V-E edition of the San Antonio Light, featuring a large picture of Van de Puttes mother, then a young child, and grandmother, on her knees in exultation, reacting to the monumental news.
But the gavels are the key mementos of this San Antonio pharmacists improbable 18-year career in the Texas Legislature, the last nine as senator for District 26. Theres a glass-encased gavel from the 75th Legislature, and various others scattered on bookshelves between trinkets and family pictures.
The most important gavel in Van de Puttes collection, however, is the one thats not here. Its the gavel she pounded last August in front of an arena full of delegates and millions of TV viewers at the Democratic National Convention in Denver (and which Ted Kennedy touched when he addressed the convention). That gavel, which Van de Putte keeps in a satin-lined box in her San Antonio office, symbolizes what an astounding year 2008 was for her.
In January, she delivered the Spanish-language response to George W. Bushs final State of the Union Address. In February, she block-walked on the West Side with Hillary Clinton. In June, she set the stage for Clintons withdrawal from the presidential sweepstakes by striking a unifying tone at the Texas Democratic Convention. The following week, she joined 11 other Latino leaders at a Washington meeting with Barack Obama to discuss his relationship with the Latino community.
In August, she co-chaired the third night of the national convention, ...........
blogslut
(38,033 posts)5. Yes, indeed.
I shall gladly be voting for Ms. Van de Putte.
tammywammy
(26,582 posts)6. ...
arely staircase
(12,482 posts)7. go letty!
she rocks
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