LP draft movement for Dallas County Sheriff in 2008

Libertarian Rose Mercer finished with an impressive 28% of the vote in a two-way race last fall in a Justice of the Peace election against a longtime GOP incumbent. There’s a movement to draft her into the 2008 race for Dallas County Sheriff, which will feature the incumbent, Lupe Valdez, a Democrat, and Lowell Cannaday, an Irving City Councilman vying for the Republican nomination.

Mercer has said she expects to remain involved with the LP in 2008, but is unsure of what capacity.

The Fort Worth Star-Telegram article features a photo from the Mercer for JP election watch party

This entry was posted by Joey Dauben on Thursday, April 26th, 2007 at 3:49 pm and is filed under News, Campaign 2008. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

4 Responses to “LP draft movement for Dallas County Sheriff in 2008”

  1. Nigel Watt Says:
    April 26th, 2007 at 4:45 pm

    That would be pretty sweet; both parties have made absolute asses of themselves in the Sheriff’s office.

  2. Austin Cassidy Says:
    April 27th, 2007 at 2:19 am

    Was the contest for Justice of the Peace a partisan race?

  3. Nigel Watt Says:
    April 27th, 2007 at 12:08 pm

    I believe so, yes.

  4. Joey Dauben Says:
    April 27th, 2007 at 1:33 pm

    In Texas, the only non-partisan races are city council and school board races. If I am found to be in error though, someone correct me.

    But constables, JPs, commissioners…all of those positions are partisan.

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