Craddick Publishes New Pledge List

Via Quorum Report, here is Craddick’s list of 80 “firm” pledges. Note, however, Craddick says:

Since Representative McCall’s announcement, I have been contacting members of the Texas House to reconfirm their support. Today, I am re-releasing a list of the members who have reconfirmed their unequivocal support for my re-election as Speaker. The House members whose names are not on this list-and who are not one of the four people who have asked that their names be removed-are members whom I have been unable to reach during this busy Holiday period.

Especially interesting is the absence of certain Republicans. Bryan Hughes (R-Mineola), one of the TRMPAC candidates who benefitted from Craddick’s largesse in 2002, isn’t on the list.

That Will Hartnett (R-Dallas) remains on the list is somewhat surprising though, as I expected him to be in McCall’s camp, with the same for Lois Kolkhorst (R-Brenham).

As for the Democrats, my colleagues in the Blogsphere may have more to say than I will. As for my thoughts, however, though a few of these Democrats are often considered “Craddick supporters,” the vast majority most likely have other reasons for supporting Craddick—like making sure their constituants aren’t screwed by his unholy retribution should they vote against him.
I see a couple of names on that list that are also in districts where a vote against Craddick would mean an opponent “for sure.”

Republicans
1.    Anderson, Doc
2.    Aycock, Jimmie Don
3.    Berman, Leo
4.    Bohac, Dwayne
5.    Bonnen, Dennis
6.    Branch, Dan
7.    Brown, Betty
8.    Brown, Fred
9.    Callegari, Bill
10.    Chisum, Warren
11.    Christian, Wayne
12.    Cook, Bryon
13.    Corte, Frank
14.    Crabb, Joe
15.    Craddick, Tom
16.    Creighton, Brandon
17.    Crownover, Myra
18.    Darby, Drew
19.    Davis, John
20        Delisi, Dianne
21.    Driver, Joe
22.    Eissler, Rob
23.    Elkins, Gary
24.    England, Kirk
25.    Flynn, Dan
26.    Gattis, Dan
27.    Goolsby, Tony
28.    Hamilton, Mike
29.    Hancock, Kelly
30.    Hardcastle, Rick
31.    Harless, Patricia
32.    Harper-Brown, Linda
33.    Hartnett, Will
34.    Hilderbran, Harvey
35.    Hill, Fred
36.    Howard, Charlie
37.    Isett, Carl
38.    Jackson, Jim
39.    Keffer, Jim
40.    King, Phil
41.    King, Susan
42.    Kolkhorst, Lois
43.    Krusee, Mike
44.    Macias, Nathan
45.    Madden, Jerry
46.    Miller, Sid
47.    Morrison, Geanie
48.    Mowery, Anna
49.    Murphy, Jim
50.    Orr, Rob
51.    Otto, John
52.    Parker, Tan
53.    Patrick, Diane
54.    Phillips, Larry
55.    Pitts, Jim
56.    Smith, Wayne
57.    Smithee, John
58.    Solomons, Burt
59.    Straus, Joe
60.    Swinford, David
61.    Taylor, Larry
62.    Truitt, Vicki
63.    Van Arsdale, Corbin
64.    West, Buddy
65.    Woolley, Beverly
66.    Zedler, Bill
67.    Zerwas, John

Democrats
1.  Kevin Bailey
2. Norma Chavez
3. Joe D. Deshotel
4. Dawnna Dukes
5. Harold Dutton
6.  Ismael “Kino” Flores
7.  Helen Gidding
8.  Ryan Guillen
9.  Chuck Hopson
10. Tracy O. King
11.  Armando “Mando” Martinez
12. Ruth McClendon
13. Aaron Pena
14. Robert Puente
15. Richard Raymond
16. Patrick M. Rose
17. Sylvester Turner

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