Ryan Cook Profile picture
Texas Elections and Politics Junkie • SFA ‘25 🪓 • #txlege • Candidate for Precinct 34 Chair •
Jan 12, 2024 8 tweets 3 min read
This is Angie Chen Button. She is the state representative for Texas House of Representatives District 112. HD112 is one of two competitive House seats in Dallas County and will be one of the most competitive seats in the state of Texas. Let’s break it down. @AngieChenButton Image HD112 is based entirely within Dallas County. It contains parts of Dallas, Richardson, Garland, Sachse, Rowlett, and all of Sunnyvale. Image
Jan 8, 2024 10 tweets 4 min read
Corpus Christi will be THE bellwether city to watch come 2024. There are many battleground House, Senate, and other local seats on the ballot come November that include all or portions of Corpus Christi. Here’s why it will be a CRUCIAL city for the GOP to do well in it. 🧵 Image Corpus Christi is a coastal city in South Texas. It is the county seat and largest city of Nueces County. Portions of the city are also in Aransas, Kleberg, and San Patricio counties. It is the 8th largest city in Texas. Image
Jan 7, 2024 12 tweets 7 min read
Alright this is a thread I’ve been meaning to make for a while now. But this will be “Ryan’s Thread of Crazy Ass People Running for Office in Texas”. Here’s the the weird, bad, and ugly, of Texas political candidates running for office in the Lone Star State. #txlege This is Pervez Agwan. He is running in the Democratic Primary for TX-7 against Lizzie Fletcher. He’s been accused of sexual harassment by a former aide. His campaign is accused of doxxing Agwan’s alleged victim and her family via a website his campaign is alleged in creating. Image
Jan 1, 2024 13 tweets 5 min read
New Year, new election cycle! Texas will have a runoff for a special election for Texas House of Representatives District 2 on January 30th. Two Republicans will face off against each other but the ideological stakes could not be higher. Let’s break it down. #txlege @JillDutton Image The seat is vacant after disgraced former representative and sexual predator Bryan Slaton was expelled by the House for having an inappropriate sexual relationship with a staffer. He was expelled unanimously. Image
Nov 8, 2023 9 tweets 2 min read
Why I think (as of right now) John Whitmire is favored to be Houston's next mayor. Houston had a mayoral election last night. The top two candidates, John Whitmire and Shelia Jackson Lee advanced to a runoff happening later in December. Here's why I think SJL loses in December.