Dallas County Democrats Off To The Races: Molberg, Lackey & More

The other night, Capitol Annex was privileged to attend the Irving Democrats’ holiday party where we met a number of the outstanding candidates who are running for office in Dallas County in 2008.

We were especially glad to see longtime Democratic activist Ken Molberg running for the 95th Civil District Court in Dallas County. Ken is an outstanding, respected Democratic activist and attorney, and you’ll be hard pressed to find a more impressive list of endorsements for a countywide candidate anywhere in Texas. In fact, Ken just got the endorsements of State Sen. Royce West and former Dallas Mayor Ron Kirk:

In their remarks to a crowd of several hundred prominent business and political leaders, many from the politically influential southern sector of Dallas, both Sen. West and former Mayor Kirk noted Molberg’s longstanding commitment to the legal profession and the Democratic Party.  Molberg is a former Dallas County Democratic Party Chair and is currently the State Democratic Executive Committeeman for Sen. West’s 23rd Senatorial District.

Citing Molberg’s service as Dallas County Democratic Party Chair before Democrats began to win here, former Mayor Kirk noted, “It’s fun to be party chair now when you can wake up the morning after an election and say ‘we win, we win,’ but Ken was here in the tough times.  We should all recognize his commitment to this party and our values.  He has earned this.  We should all get behind Ken Molberg and elect him in 2008.”

Sen. West told attendees, “Ken Molberg is a fine lawyer and critical member of our party who brought us to where we are today.  I am proud to endorse Ken Molberg for Judge and I urge you to help elect him.”

If you are looking for a countywide race in Texas in which you can make a difference, drop a few bucks Ken’s way.

We were also privileged to meet Diana Lackey, who is the third in a triumvirate candidates in “must win” Tax Assessor/Collector races in major urban counties in Texas following Diane Trautman in Harris County and Glen Maxey in Travis County. Although the Dallas TAC office doesn’t handle voter registration, we still need to win it to get more Democrats in these vital posts across the state. Diana, who was endorsed for the post in 2004 over the Republican candidate, has top-notch qualifications and experience necessary for this office and is a star candidate for Dallas Democrats.  She also has a pretty nice list of endorsements.

Capitol Annex also got to meet State Rep. Kirk England (D-Grand Prairie) who no longer holds the distinction of the newest Democrat in the House thanks to Dan Barrett’s victory in Tarrant County. Nonetheless, we had a great visit with Rep. England and are glad to have him on board. When you hear, from him, why he switched parties and became a Democrat, you know he’s the real deal.

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