Van Taylor: Not Doing As Well As The Dragon Lady
By Vince Leibowitz on Apr 12, 2006 in 2006 Texas Elections ![[Post to Twitter]](/wp-content/plugins/tweet-this/icons/tt-twitter.png){kind=icon}
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From Chet Edwards’ campaign down in CD-17, we have some excellent thoughts on CD-17 GOP nominee Van Taylor’s inability to even do as well as Dragon Lady Arlene Wohlgemuth did with her Cheney fund-raiser last cycle:
Van Taylor, the GOP nominee in Texas’ 17th Congressional District, held a fundraiser with Vice President Dick Cheney Monday that was notable for its low attendance and questionable fundraising success. Despite bringing in one of the GOP’s top fundraisers, Taylor attracted “fewer than 100†supporters and refused to say how much money he raised, according to media reports.
Taylor’s campaign fell far short of the modest standard set by 2004 GOP nominee Arlene Wohlgemuth when she held an event with Cheney, despite the fact that the ticket price for the Taylor event was only $150, while the Wohlgemuth campaign charged $200. In her unsuccessful race against Rep. Chet Edwards, Wohlgemuth drew 400 supporters for her event with Cheney and raised $300,000. Wohlgemuth then went on to lose Waco and McLennan County decisively, garnering just 35% of the vote in the largest county in the district – a fact that does not bode well for the Taylor campaign.
And, indeed it doesn’t bode well for the Taylor campaign. If you can’t pack ‘em in with Cheney, who you gonna call? I doubt Rudy G. or John McC. would be able to pull in the cash (or people) for him.
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Since ‘04 the district has only moved further to the right, while Edwards has continued to move further to the left.
[...] While In the Pink, and Capitol Annex seem pessimistic about the recent Cheney event with future Congressman Van Taylor, I have heard from various sources that it was a big success. [...]