I have lived in Lubbock all my life. My father was born here. My mother was born in a little teeny tiny crossroads called Woodrow. I am 27 years old and proud to be the chair of the Lubbock County Democratic Party. 
Why am I running again for chair? Because I believe that we must turn toward the future. That its not where you come from, but where you’re going. That life should just not be a constant struggle for money. 
People all over this state Democrats in particular are ready to get on with the business of the future. Tonight we acknowledge the legacy of the past. We’ve heard the stories. We know the achievements. They’ve been drilled into us as “the glory days.” But... 
I believe that to engage our future we must first fully confront our past. This party is not perfect and neither were the Democrats of the past. It wasn’t all peaches and cream and try to truly honor them, we must see them in all their contradictions. 
George Mahon was congressman here for 44 years and his mark on West Texas is deep and broad but George Mahon did not vote for the Civil Rights Bill of 1964 or 1968 or the Voting Rights Act of 1965. 
Gov. Preston Smith was known for his black frame glasses and polka dot ties and establishing a law and medical school at Texas Tech. But Preston Smith also refused to open his chain of movie theatres to black and brown people until legally required to do so. 
LBJ’s achievements need no recitation. His commitment to justice, equality, and seeing that a rising tide lifted all boats has left an indelible mark on this party and all of us. And while he transformed American life even President Johnson, got it wrong when it came to Vietnam. 
These lessons serve to teach us that, in 2017, only when we are honest, can we build a Texas and a Democratic Party that truly includes every person and every outlook at the decision table. That’s exactly the kind of party I want to build right here in Lubbock, Texas. 
The past is the past. Lyndon and Ann and Barbara aren’t here anymore and they aren’t coming back. We are the ones, we are the ones we have been waiting for. And the mission and the coalition and the focus of the Democratic Party this time must be and will be quite different. 
No more waffling. No more qualifiers. No more missed opportunities. Its time to pick up the slack and fight the wrenching poverty in our midst, challenge Republican healthcare hypocrisy No more waffling and fight Perry’s racist SB4... 
Thousands, right here in Lubbock, with broken bodies, broken hearts, deferred dreams and empty wallets are depending upon us and we cannot fail.... 
Its has been 23 years since a Democrat was elected statewide in Texas.The last time Texas sent a Democrat to the U.S. Senate was 1988. The last time West Texas sent a Democrat to the statehouse was 1986 and the last time they sent a Democrat to Congress was 1982... 
The last time Texas voted for a Democrat for president was 1976. And the last time Lubbock County voted for a Democrat for President was 1964. Last year, we had one Democrat run on the local ballot in Lubbock County, one. We cannot ever let that happen again... 
... and as long as I am chair of this party we it never will happen again. I am proud to say to you today that eight Democrats are running for office, including one who is running for an office no Democrat has even filed for in 30 years. 
Make no mistake that the future of the @texasdemocrats lies in West Texas. It will be young and it will be overwhelmingly Hispanic. By 2035, this will be a majority minority county and by 2050, the Lubbock Metropolitian Area will be 65.8% minority. 
We can’t win statewide until the tide rises here. And the Republicans know it. And its what keeps them up at night. “What the hell is @BetoORourke doing in Lubbock on the 4th of July?”, they say. “Why does @LandryForWestTX keep showing up at everything?"... 
“What are this guy Williams and those damn @lubbockdems up to up there?” What are we doing? We are asserting no more, and no less, than the full measure of our power as citizens... 
We are standing up to the idea that racism is a West Texas value and that Charles Perry’s SB4 is anything less than red meat for Republican primary politics. We are demanding better leaders than John Frullo, who has all the political courage of a geranium.... 
We are confronting officials like Dan Patrick who tell us that Democrats in cities are to blame for “all our problems in America.” People deserve better leadership and they know it... 
Nothing’s wrong with you or me - nothing is wrong with you that you can’t fix in November 2018.
I know we can do this! Only if we have the will and the drive and put in the long hours and the hard work.
I know we can do this! Only if we have the will and the drive and put in the long hours and the hard work.
Lubbock County has been controlled by Republicans for 30 years. 2018 will be the beginning of the end. Help me reach every Democrat in Lubbock County!
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