Mitch Bosworth running against Dan Huberty in HD127
David Jennings
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Contact: Bobby Petty, Publicity Director
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December 14, 2015
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Conservative candidate Mitch Bosworth inspects more than 600 of signatures gathered from voters in Texas HD-127 in northeast Harris County to place Bosworth on the Republican primary ballot.
Conservative Mitch Bosworth files for Texas House seat
Collecting more than 600 signatures in only two weeks, grassroots conservative candidate Mitch Bosworth of Kingwood has officially filed for the Republican primary in Texas House District 127 in northeast Houston.
“The fact we were able to collect so many signatures in such a short amount of time to get on the ballot is proof there’s a groundswell for true conservatism in our district,” Bosworth said to a group of volunteers on December 12. “Three-term incumbent Dan Huberty has proven he’s soft on immigration, misguided on education, and happy to serve as a Joe Straus sock puppet. Huberty cares more about representing the interests of Speaker Straus than the people of HD-127.”
Calling himself a “Ted Cruz Conservative,” this is the first time Bosworth has run for public office. A member of the NRA and the Kingwood Tea Party, he attends a local men’s Bible study group and works as an associate design engineer. He’s been a part of the “liberty movement” since 2009.
Saying he refuses to be a sellout to big money donors, his campaign is run strictly on small donations from friends, family, supporters and self-funding. And instead of paying the $750 filing fee to be placed on the March Primary ballot, Bosworth has opted instead to collect signatures from HD-127 voters as allowed by Texas election law. He feels it’s the best way to get to know voters and for them to get to know him.
Key points of Bosworth’s platform include: enforcement of the southern border to stop the flow of terrorists and illegal aliens, ending Sanctuary Cities in Texas, providing School Choice for all Texas families, decreasing the maximum annual property appraisal rate increase to 5{997ab4c1e65fa660c64e6dfea23d436a73c89d6254ad3ae72f887cf583448986}, increasing 1st Amendment Religious Protection, and passing true Ethics reform for Texas lawmakers. He’s a strong supporter of the 2nd Amendment protections for all Texans. Furthermore, he believes in strong 10th Amendment rights, so Texas is not under burdensome federal government regulations.
“Our voters are represented by firebrand conservatives like Ted Cruz, Ted Poe and Brandon Creighton,” Bosworth said. “Our state representative however seems to have great disdain for the conservative movement, once chiding ‘we should not to be beholden to a conservative group’ on the floor of the Texas House. He’s controlled by outside interests, not the will of the people. It’s time to retire Dan Huberty to private life.”
I happened to be at the Harris County Republican Party headquarters today when Mr. Bosworth was officially filing his candidacy.
Mitch Bosworth signs the board at the Harris County Republican Party headquarters.
He has an uphill battle running against an entrenched incumbent. Huberty is well liked in the Kingwood area and has focused on education during his three terms. The attacks on Straus will not be productive for Bosworth, it is an issue that only the very far right cares about or even knows about. Just ask Mary Huls about her efforts in my district, HD129. Bosworth will have to come up with some type of specific agenda for the district – note that everything in the press release is generic and focuses on state/national issues. That said, maybe he can make inroads if enough people bother to learn about Huberty.
I haven’t been able to find a website or Facebook page for Bosworth’s campaign. I did find his personal Facebook page. It’ll be interesting to see if the Kingwood Tea Party supports him or if they stay neutral and keep in good standing with Huberty.
