Early Voting is April 1-5 for the Tuesday, April 9, 2002, Primary
Runoff ELECTION.

Mike W
Group Owner
Who hopes members are getting adjusted to the new groups format

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but DEMOCRATS IN ACTION have
decided to postpone our yard sale until sometime in May: with the
County Democratic Convention this weekend, there was simply too much
to handle in such a short amount of time.

I'll keep you posted on it's rescheduled dates and let you all know
accordingly. Sorry to inconvenience you, but it's in the best
interest of everyone.

Thanks for your support and emails. If any of you want to be included
in our FREE newsletter mailouts, send your mailing address to me and
I'll put you on our list... right now, we send out right at 600
newsletters to GOOD DEMOCRATS all over Texas, as well as the country.

Democratically yours,

Tony Dudik

Just developed a website for my precinct. Address is
www.geocities.com/pct2107demos. Please check it out and give me any
suggestions. I think other precincts should try this out. Might be a
good grassroots organizing tool.

--- In Texas-Democrats@y..., "pct2107demos" <pct2107demos@y...> wrote:
>Just developed a website for my precinct.

Welcome to new member Dennis (pct2107demos) who joined here earlier
today, 4-2-02.  His website says he is "running for Democratic
Precinct Chair in Precinct 2107 in Garland, Texas."

Mike W
Group Owner
Who sent him some tips directly

Today (Tuesday April 2, 2002) is the last day to apply for a ballot
by mail for the April Primary Runoff Election.

Mike W
Group Owner
Who has had it long listed in our calendar

I'll suggest to all: "Don't Panic!"  Here's what is actually
happening with the new Marketing Preferences created last Thursday by
Yahoo.

The news preceeded the notice that Yahoo will be sending to you.
Yahoo has CREATED a new Marketing Preferences
http://subscribe.yahoo.com/showaccount
for all YahooIDs that has a 60-day opt-out period after your notice
before it is implemented.  While I personally agree that they are in
great need of public relations help on this and many other matters,
an opt-out system does NOT fit the generally accepted definition
of "spam."

Mike W
Group Moderator
Who will now list some ACTUAL and ACCURATE information
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What are marketing preferences and did Yahoo! change my preferences?
http://help.yahoo.com/help/us/privacy/privacy-23.html

Yahoo! has grown and changed a great deal over the past few years. In
order to keep you up to date about our many new products and services
and how they might be of use to you, we have created a new Marketing
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to make it easier for you to manage the marketing communications you
receive from Yahoo! and ensure you get the latest relevant
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Yahoo revises privacy policy
http://news.com.com/2100-1023-870270.html
By Jim Hu, Staff Writer, CNET News.com, March 28, 2002

update: Web portal Yahoo has revised its privacy policy to more
clearly describe how personal data will be treated in certain
circumstances, company executives said.

The new policy states that Yahoo will share information to
investigate circumstances involving illegal activity such as fraud,
violations of its terms of service agreement, and the use of its
service for potential threats. The revision also said Yahoo will
transfer user information if it is acquired by another company and
abide by the acquiring company's privacy policy.

The changes were sparked by economics and the ongoing trend among
companies to comply with investigative bodies following the Sept. 11
terrorist attacks. ...

Yahoo will begin e-mailing a notice of the changes beginning Thursday
morning to all people registered on Yahoo.com. Given the size of this
population, the e-mailings will not be completed for a few weeks.
International sites will not be included.

In addition to the policy changes, Yahoo revised the way it offers
information about its own products.

Yahoo users will now automatically have their marketing preferences
set to accept updates from a smattering of Yahoo's businesses.
Previously, users were offered one option to either accept or reject
product notices when first registering on the site.

Users will have to click "no" to opt out of receiving e-mails from a
selection of 13 Yahoo products, ranging from job listings to new
media products to inclusion in Yahoo's user surveys, among other
things. The page also has an option for users to opt in to the Yahoo
Delivers service, which sends product pitches from third parties.

Yahoo users will have 60 days upon receiving notice to opt out of
these promotions.

A key Perry supporter shifts to Sanchez
http://www.tonysanchez.com/news/pressclips/April02/040202a.htm
Governor's vetoes of health-care bills prompt doctor to raise money
for Democrat instead
April 2, 2002, Austin American-Statesman, By Gary Susswein

One of Gov. Rick Perry's heavyweight fund-raisers is leaving camp to
fight for Tony Sanchez instead -- and he wants to take his friends
with him.

John Coppedge, an East Texas physician who has raised more than
$100,000 for Republican Perry in recent years, said that he will have
an April 30 reception for Sanchez, the Democratic candidate for
governor.

"We have all supported Perry in the past," Coppedge and four other
doctors wrote in a letter Friday to about 37,000 Texas physicians and
their spouses, "but events have caused us to now believe that his
administration does not credibly support the kind of health-care
policies that Texas needs."

Perry vetoed a series of health-care-related measures last year,
including the so-called prompt-pay bill that would have helped
doctors get paid more quickly by insurance companies. Physicians who
had long supported Perry blasted that move, threatened to work
against the Republican in his bid for another term and told their
patients to do the same.

But few doctors have the kind of political clout that Coppedge has.

A longtime backer of President Bush, Attorney General John Cornyn and
other Republicans, he is on the board of the Texas Medical
Association's political action committee and is a former official
with Texans for Lawsuit Reform. ...

But political consultant Bill Miller said Coppedge's defection can't
be dismissed easily.

"It certainly takes a glow off Perry's support," Miller said. "It
underscores the acrimony that exists between the docs and Perry."

A spokesman for Sanchez, a Laredo businessman, could barely contain
his glee at Coppedge's change of heart.

"He, like many former Perry supporters, are finding that when it
comes to keeping its word, this administration does not do a very
good job," Mark Sanders said.

Coppedge told Perry in a March 25 letter that "credulity was
stretched" when Perry reportedly told doctors he had never heard
about a proposed compromise on the prompt-pay bill last year -- an
account disputed by another doctor who said he told Perry about the
proposal.

"When Texas physicians and their spouses hear this, they will
understand why so many of us who fought for your election as Lt.
Governor are so disheartened and can no longer support you," Coppedge
wrote. ...

Many doctors say they often wait months for insurance payment and
must borrow thousands of dollars to cover costs. They say that they
were blindsided by Perry's prompt-pay veto and that his concerns that
the bill would encourage frivolous lawsuits could have been easily
fixed by the Legislature.

Coppedge resigned as Perry's East Texas finance chairman soon after
the veto but promised not to work against the man he had backed since
1990.

He said he changed his mind after meeting with Sanchez nine times and
deciding he was "right" on the issues.

"Not just because he's not Perry but because he's Sanchez," Coppedge
said. ...

For the latest version of The DCCC Update, please visit
http://www.dccc.org/press/newsletters//2002-04-03.110.phtml

In this week's edition:

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I am changing my internet service to DSL.  I will soon announce a new
EMail address.  In the meantime, please use texasradio@....
When installation of my new internet service is complete, I expect to
continue to serve my Democratic Research EMail list.

Here is an item by Bill Howell, Dallas County Democratic Party Chair,
that I would have forwarded to my Research list if my DSL installation
had been complete...

- - -

Bill Howell says:

     Early Voting in person totals are in for Monday and Tuesday for
the Runoff. Here's the good news for both sides:

      The Democratic turnout in Dallas County is way up from the first
day's total for the Primary. For Monday we had 1790 votes this time,
versus only 440 before. We have QUADRUPLED our vote.  Even better,
this time we beat the Republicans, who only voted 659 this time. They
were up only slightly from their Primary first day vote of 626. That
means that our huge jump is not just because there are fewer days of
early voting, but it means a real increase in interest in voting in
our Runoff.

      On Tuesday our total here went up even more, to 2103, versus 782
for the Republicans, so the same analysis applies -- and our totals
are still growing here.

      This is good news for ALL of our candidates for the fall.

      In particular, this is likely to be good news for the Ron Kirk
campaign, since he got 70% of the vote here in Dallas County. However,
this won't be much comfort to them when they look at the statewide
figures.

      Here's the good news for the Victor Morales campaign:

      The Secretary of State has posted Early Voting in person totals
for Monday for the fifteen largest counties by total registration.

See:
http://txsos-7.sos.state.tx.us/elections/historical/2002primaryearlyvo
ting.shtml

      This long tangled link may not work right in your browser, and it
doesn't tell you a lot unless you know what these counties are.  So
I'm giving the data here just for the Democrats, and added the
percentages received in the Primary in those counties by Kirk and
Morales.

County     Vote    K%    M%
Harris     1088    28    17
Dallas     1800    70    19
Bexar       775    35    47
Tarrant    1025    62    27
Travis      843    62    23
El Paso    1404    21    53
Collin      253    60    23
Denton      161    61    25
Hidalgo    4058    16    56
Ft. Bend    122    35    15
Nueces     1636    27    49
Montgomery   44    12    20
Galveston   224    21    20
Williamson  109    52    24
Jefferson  406     27    20

      No, that is NOT a typo for Hidalgo County (that's McAllen and
Edinburg in the Rio Grande Valley). It also got the highest first day
vote in the Primary, and only doubled its total this time. It has some
very hot local runoff contests. It is also something like 85%
Hispanic. Three of the four highest voting counties Monday are heavily
Hispanic:  Hidalgo, Nueces (Corpus Christi), and El Paso. Look at the
Morales percentages in those counties. Kirk ran best in the
Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex and in Travis County (Austin). Look how
much lower those vote totals are.

      There are lots of ways to look at this. A real simple one is to
just multiply the percentage of each candidate by the total vote, and
ignore the percentages for the other candidates. A quick & unchecked
run showed 4993 for Kirk, and 5436 for Morales. Or assume that Kirk
and Morales got the same percentages relative to each other as in the
Primary and all of these votes went for one or the other. A quick
count on that gives 6723 for Kirk and 7225 for Morales. Or split the
percentages that other candidates got evenly between the two, and
again Morales wins. I won't go on with these "guesstimates". They all
show Morales leading.

      As I said before, most of the hot local runoffs are in Hispanic
areas. That tends to help Morales, since those are the areas where he
got the most votes in the Primary. The local candidates are stirring
up turnout which helps him, even though he has no real money or
organization, and is only campaigning part-time.

      If Kirk is going to win, he will need to increase the turnout in
counties and precincts where he did well. One place he could do that
is Dallas County. In precincts here where Kirk got at least 75% of the
vote, the voter turnout in the Primary was 16%. [That was more than
twice the county average -- which seems to prove that Kirk does help
voter turnout.] Those precincts voted only 22,323 in the Primary, but
they have 139,028 registered voters, and those are almost all
Democrats. A massive get-out-the-vote effort could easily gain Kirk
tens of thousands of added votes here. This election could still be
close enough for that to make the difference.

      Whoever you are for, it's really up to you. Don't just sit back
--  get involved and help your candidate. Walk, phone, mail. NOW.

      --Bill Howell, DCDP Chair, bjhowell@...

Yahoo!Groups members will have to attribute unwanted email messages
to another source, as the new Marketing Preferences from Yahoo
will "not take effect until 60 days after the last e-mail
notification is sent" and I got my notice just last night.

Note also the item below about how one might inadvertantly turn off
their POP-forwarding in the opt-out process.

Mike W
Group Owner
Who prefers truth over false rumors
~~~~~~~~~~~~
Service changes baffle Yahoo customers
http://news.com.com/2100-1023-875322.html
April 3, 2002

...Many people fumed over the switch, claiming Yahoo had changed its
policies without first notifying them. Yahoo said the changes would
not take effect until 60 days after the last e-mail notification is
sent.

Receiving e-mail from Yahoo Delivers is one of the options in the
marketing preferences page, but it is checked "No" by default. If a
POP-forwarding user decides not to change the default setting for
Yahoo Delivers, that person will have free POP forwarding until April
24. But if before that date a POP-forwarding user changes "Yes"
default settings in any other categories on the marketing preferences
page, that person may inadvertently trigger the "No" default for
Yahoo Delivers and shut off free POP access immediately. ...

Texas Anti-Politician Gets Slicker
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?
tmpl=story&cid=536&ncid=703&e=7&u=/ap/20020405/ap_on_el_st_lo/texas_ca
ndidate_2
Fri Apr 5, 3:54 PM ET
By LISA FALKENBERG, Associated Press Writer

DALLAS - Victor Morales, the Texas schoolteacher campaigning for the
Senate in his pickup truck, is more poised, more rehearsed and more
combative these days. To some, he is coming off like a slick
politician.

And some of those who admired the old Morales don't like the new
one.  They say the political world he set out to change has changed
him.

"He used to be simple. Now he's more political," 21-year-old Rosanne
Torres said after hearing Morales speak to her class recently at the
University of Houston. "He talks that talk. He walks the walk. He's a
politician. The bottom line is he's lost his roots."

The high school geography teacher became a political celebrity in
1996 with his unsuccessful pickup-truck campaign against Republican
Sen. Phil Gramm. Now that Gramm is retiring, Morales is running
again. He faces Dallas Mayor Ron Kirk in a Democratic runoff Tuesday
to determine who will face the GOP nominee, state Attorney General
John Cornyn, in the fall.

Morales, who has waged five campaigns for various public offices over
the years, acknowledged that his journey has made him more cynical
about politics. He said he is still idealistic, but no longer naive.

He believes his Everyman perspective — gained from his humble
beginnings, growing up Mexican in a majority white state, teaching
school, serving on the city council — is what Washington needs to
reconnect with Texans disillusioned with politics. He has vowed never
to lie, give a canned speech or take corporate money to get elected.

But Morales now has volunteer aides to field his campaign calls. And
he acknowledged he is "more polished."

"Now I've proved myself so I'm very comfortable now," he said.

At campaign stops, Morales also seems comfortable reusing lines and
launching the kind of political attacks he has criticized other
politicians for using.

In a debate last week with Kirk, he repeated the story of when he got
thrown out of a barber shop for being Mexican. He also recounted the
words of his mother, in Spanish, then trotted out an oft-used follow-
up that always brings nods and applause: "And for all of you who
don't know Spanish in here, learn it."

Morales has attacked Kirk, first on his mayoral record, then on his
middle-class upbringing. He has accused Kirk, who is black, of being
unable to relate to other black people.

"Victor Morales has become a divider, not a uniter," said Kelly Fero,
a top Kirk strategist. "His speeches are just laced with venom at
what he calls the establishment and people who apparently aren't wise
enough to support him. It's a very undemocratic message, unlike in
1996."

At a recent debate, when a panelist prodded Morales to define his
stance on amnesty for illegal immigrants and private investment of
the Social Security trust fund, Morales refused, saying: "Anyone that
takes a stand on everything, automatically, I don't want in the
Senate."

Can Morales still portray himself as the little guy, the anti-
politician?

"He's not yet subject to the criticism that he's a wolf masquerading
in sheep's clothing," said Bruce Buchanan, a government professor at
the University of Texas at Austin.

Still, Morales seems a little less frazzled in settings like
debates. "When he's on the stage there, he's starting to look and
sound a lot like the other guys, although he's certainly not as well
briefed as the other guys," Buchanan said.

Cal Jillson, a political science professor at Southern Methodist
University, said Morales has stayed true to himself, resisting aid
and money from unions and party affiliates.

"But in his heart of hearts," Jillson said, "he knows that's not the
pathway to the United States Senate."

Click here:
http://www.dallasnews.com/obituaries/stories/040401dnmetmedrano.412597
d9.html

When Bill Clinton was first elected Governor of Arkansas, he visited
Dallas, and stayed at the home of Pancho Medrano.

Pancho Medrano was a Delegate to the Democratic National Convention of
1960 - - - and to 2 or 3 other National Conventions after that.
He served as an At Large National Delegate in 1976 for Jimmy Carter.
He was at the luncheon at the Dallas Trade Mart on 11-22-1963.  He has
a copy of the invitation in a frame at his home, which he allowed me
to photograph. In 1993, on the 30th anniversary of the assassination,
we participated a march from the Kennedy Memorial to Dealy Plaza. I
had lunch with Pancho that day at Riscky's Bar B Que in the West End,
and we proceeded on to walk together down Houston Street and Elm
Street.  I made it a point to stand at the position of Zapruder frame
313 at the moment of the 30th anniversary.

- Tom Blackwell, Dallas


MEDRANO FRANCISCO F. "PANCHO" SR. Francisco "Pancho" a lifelong
resident of Dallas passed away at home on Thursday, April 4, 2002. He
was born on August 2, 1920 in Dallas, and raised in Little Mexico
Village near what is now the American Airlines Center. Pancho is
preceded in death by his wife, Esperanza "Hope" Medrano and his son
Francisco Medrano, Jr. He is survived by his sons, Robert Medrano,
Ricardo Medrano, Sr., Rolando Medrano, his daughter, Pauline Medrano,
and daughters-in-law Janie Medrano and Socorro Medrano. Pancho has
twelve grandchildren, Yolanda Dominguez (Steve), Priscilla Medrano,
Angela Medrano, Frank Medrano III (Audrey), Patricia Medrano, Virginia
Coronado (Martin), Ricardo Jr. (Claudia), Sylvia Alonzo (Jesse), Adam
Medrano, Sonya Ruiz (Jonathan), Carlos Medrano, Mia Medrano (Jesus).
Pancho has fifteen great-grandchildren. He is also survived by sister,
Guadalupe Hernandez, brothers, Paul Centeno, & Joe Medrano, special
friend Claire Anderson and caregiver, Becky Sotelo.  Francisco F.
"Pancho" Medrano was born to a labor worker and homemaker. He attended
St. Ann's School in Dallas. Pancho, as he was called by his friends,
first witnessed discrimination in the late 1920's in downtown Dallas
when his mother, Nicolasa, was denied service at a restaurant because
she was "Mexican". He learned at an early age of the struggle to
obtain justice. Pancho got involved in the civil rights movement in
the 1950's during the bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama with Rosa
Parks. He also worked closely with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in the
movement and with Cesar Chavez in the fight for minimum wages and the
"right to know" for farm workers. He also challenged the court system
through a U.S. Supreme Court decision in his favor in the Medrano vs.
A.Y. Alee case in 1966 which dealt with the right to assemble
peacefully. As an international representative for the United Auto
Workers, Pancho worked on many state and national campaigns including
those for John F. Kennedy, Robert Kennedy, Walter Mondale, Jimmy
Carter, Henry B. Gonzales and Bill Clinton. Pancho retired in 1985,
but continued to stay involved in the struggle for civil rights and
social justice. He served on the Dallas Park and Recreation Board for
the City of Dallas from 1997-2001. Service times are pending, please
contact Gonzalez Funeral Home for information. Gonzalez Funeral Home
Inc. Selected Independent Funeral Homes Stemmons Frwy Near Inwood
(214) 630-5341 www.gonzalezfuneralhome.com

How exactly does one go about voting for the Mayor Elections
coming up? I have never voted before and I dont know how to
register to vote? What do I do? I really don't want someone
to win and I gotta do this so my town doesnt get someone
that will corrupt it. What do I do to register to vote?

As long as you're registered to vote in your home
county, then you can vote in Mayoral elections- as
long as you live within the city limits. If you're
like me and the rest of the rednecks in the world and
live in the country, you have to stick to voting in
County Comissioner races. Hope this helps you out.
Hollar if I can do anything else.

Tony Dudik



--- crazycowgirlchick <no_reply@yahoogroups.com>
wrote:
> How exactly does one go about voting for the Mayor
> Elections
> coming up? I have never voted before and I dont know
> how to
> register to vote? What do I do? I really don't want
> someone
> to win and I gotta do this so my town doesnt get
> someone
> that will corrupt it. What do I do to register to
> vote?
>
>


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Texas Senate Nominees Face Off
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?
tmpl=story&cid=536&ncid=703&e=6&u=/ap/20020408/ap_on_el_se/texas_senat
e_18
Mon Apr 8, 3:30 PM ET
By LISA FALKENBERG, Associated Press Writer

DALLAS (AP) - On the eve of a heated Democratic runoff for the U.S.
Senate, political heavyweight Ron Kirk, who is black, won an
important Hispanic endorsement over Mexican-American schoolteacher
Victor Morales.

Democratic nominee for governor Tony Sanchez — whose spokesman said
last week that Sanchez did not plan to endorse either candidate in
the Senate race — threw his support behind Kirk. Sanchez, like
Morales, is Mexican-American.

"It has grown apparent, especially in the last few days of this
campaign, that Ron Kirk has earned this party's nomination and we're
going to do what we can to help him," said Sanchez spokesman Mark
Sanders.

Kirk is the first black mayor of Dallas; Morales became a political
celebrity by campaigning for the Senate in 1996 in his pickup truck.

Regardless of the outcome of Tuesday's runoff, a minority candidate
will win the nomination to battle the Republican contender in a
deeply conservative state that has never had a black or Hispanic
senator.

Kirk spent Monday campaigning across the state, while Morales taught
high school geography.

The difference between the two candidates has been ever-present in
the tense runoff, which pits Kirk, the polished, well-funded party
favorite, against Morales, the underfunded, pickup-driving underdog.

Still, a Dallas Morning News poll released Saturday showed Morales
leading Kirk among likely Democratic voters, 44 percent to 37
percent. The telephone poll of 625 voters was conducted Monday
through Thursday and had a margin of error of plus or minus 4
percentage points.

Either Democrat would face an uphill battle in a state that has not
had a Democratic senator in nearly a decade. The GOP nominee, Texas
Attorney General John Cornyn, is anointed by President Bush and has a
hefty war chest.

At stake is the seat held by Republican Phil Gramm, who is retiring.
Since the Democrats hold a one-seat edge, every close Senate race
this year is potentially pivotal.

Kirk touting is touting a bipartisan, bridge-building record at
Dallas City Hall, and Morales is pushing his ability to relate to
average folks.

Morales draws the bulk of his support from South Texas, with its
large Hispanic population. He is expected to benefit from high
turnout in the Rio Grande Valley.

--- tm_blackwell wrote:
>..."Pancho" a lifelong resident of Dallas passed away at home on
Thursday, April 4, 2002. ...Service times are pending, please contact
Gonzalez Funeral Home for information. (214) 630-5341

I also knew Pancho personally and am sad to hear that he has died.
He was not just a good but a GREAT Democrat.

If you could find out info about his funeral, please post it here.

Mike W
Group Owner
Who bets that he had already voted in our runoff

--- In Texas-Democrats@y..., "mkworkman"  wrote:

> I also knew Pancho personally and am sad to hear that he has died.
> He was not just a good but a GREAT Democrat.
>
> If you could find out info about his funeral, please post it here.
>
> Mike W
> Group Owner
> Who bets that he had already voted in our runoff

Yes.  Pauline took him to vote early in the runoff.

The funeral was Monday.  The family received friends Sunday evening at
the Hall of State.  It was well attended in spite of the rain.

You likely know that TODAY (Tuesday April 9, 2002) is our Democratic
Runoff ELECTION and the polls are open from 7 am to 7 pm.

Here's some basic links:

2002 Democratic Primary Runoff Election
Election Night Returns
http://enr.sos.state.tx.us/enrrundem.htm

Ron Kirk
2800 North Henderson #206, Dallas, TX 75206;
214/841-1001, 214/841-1094 (fax)
http://ronkirkfortexas.com/

Victor Morales
P.O. Box 870789, Mesquite, TX 75187;
972/427-9946
http://www.victormorales.net/

There are 6,538 Precincts for the 12,218,164 Registered Voters in
Texas.

Mike W
Group Owner
Who voted last week

Early Voting
To April 5, 2002
http://www.sos.state.tx.us/elections/historical/2002apr5ev.shtml

Texas Votes for Senator in Runoff
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?
tmpl=story&cid=536&ncid=703&e=8&u=/ap/20020409/ap_on_el_se/texas_senat
e_26
Tue Apr 9,10:15 AM ET
By LISA FALKENBERG, Associated Press Writer

DALLAS (AP) - Former Dallas mayor Ron Kirk received a boost on the
final day of his campaign for the Democratic Senate nomination,
picking up the endorsement of his party's nominee for governor.

The endorsement could be significant because it came from Tony
Sanchez, who is Mexican-American. Kirk, who is black, is running
against Victor Morales, a Mexican-American teacher, and both have
been campaigning extensively in the heavily Hispanic Rio Grande
Valley.

"I think it will make a big difference," Kirk said while campaigning
Monday in San Antonio.

Morales' spokeswoman Suzanne Moreno shrugged off the endorsement,
saying "It may sway a few, but not a significant enough number to
affect Victor's stance in the Valley."

Kirk and Morales are locked in a tight battle in their bid for the
Senate seat held by retiring Republican Phil Gramm.

Tuesday's runoff winner will face Texas Attorney General John Cornyn,
who is backed by President Bush and has a hefty war chest. Either
Democrat will face an uphill battle in a state that has not had a
Democratic senator in nearly a decade.

Since the Democrats hold a one-seat edge in the Senate, every close
race this year is potentially pivotal.

Both candidates would make history if elected: Kirk would be Texas'
first black U.S. senator, and Morales would be the first Hispanic.

Fliers paid for by Kirk's campaign circulated Monday with Sanchez's
endorsement.

"It has grown apparent, especially in the last few days of this
campaign, that Ron Kirk has earned this party's nomination and we're
going to do what we can to help him," said Sanchez spokesman Mark
Sanders.

Morales planned appearances Tuesday in Arlington and Temple before
watching election results at a Mexican restaurant in Austin. Kirk was
set to attend events in Dallas and Fort Worth in the morning and to
host an election party in Dallas' Fair Park at night.

Kirk is the first black mayor of Dallas; Morales rose to prominence
by campaigning for the Senate in 1996 in his pickup truck.

The Senate race leads the list of runoffs before voters Tuesday.
Three congressional races and 17 legislative races are being decided.

First returns are in for Early Voting from some counties.

U. S. Senator, 07:17 PM

RON KIRK 47,395 50.5%
VICTOR MORALES 46,433 49.5%

Precincts Reporting   145 of 6,539 Precincts

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Early Voting numbers from some counties may indicate that Kirk will
beat Morales statewide.

From http://enr.sos.state.tx.us/dem2race0.htm 7:23:42 PM

County-Kirk-Morales

HARRIS 0 0
DALLAS 11,541 4,183
BEXAR 3,123 2,595
TARRANT 6,533 2,038
TRAVIS 5,247 1,774

Enough of the votes are in to see that Ron Kirk has easily won the
Democratic nomination for US Senate.

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RACE NAME   TOTAL-VOTES PERCENT EARLY-VOTES PERCENT
U. S. Senator, 10:14 PM

RON KIRK   316,924 57.7% 92,514 51.7%
VICTOR MORALES   232,188 42.3% 86,550 48.3%

Vote Total  549,112  179,064
Precincts Reporting   5,719 of 6,539 Precincts 87.5%

Kirk Clinches Texas Senate Primary
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?
tmpl=story&cid=536&ncid=703&e=1&u=/ap/20020410/ap_on_el_se/texas_senat
e_51
Tue Apr 9,11:40 PM ET
By LISA FALKENBERG, Associated Press Writer

DALLAS (AP) - Former Dallas mayor Ron Kirk became Texas' first black
nominee for U.S. Senate by trouncing Victor Morales in Tuesday's
Democratic runoff for the seat of retiring Republican Sen. Phil Gramm.

The victory sets up the so-called "Dream Team" for Democrats who hope
to use Kirk and Hispanic gubernatorial candidate Tony Sanchez to
energize their base among minorities in the traditionally
conservative state.

With 93 percent of precincts reporting, Kirk had 333,036 votes, or 58
percent, and Morales had 238,281 votes, or 42 percent.

"I feel great, absolutely relieved and exhausted," Kirk said.

Texas has never had a senator from a minority group.

But Kirk faces a grueling battle against Attorney General John
Cornyn, who has President Bush's backing, a deep war chest and the
advantage of being a Republican in a state where the GOP holds every
statewide office.

Since Democrats hold a one-seat edge in the Senate, every close race
this year is potentially pivotal.

Kirk said he planned to run a "positive campaign" against Cornyn,
though he didn't expect the same from the GOP.

Through a spokesman, Cornyn said he was looking forward to "a
vigorous and civil debate on the issues" this fall.

Kirk, the first black mayor of Dallas and a former secretary of
state, was the polished party favorite. But in a recent poll, he had
trailed Morales, an underfunded, pickup-driving Mexican-American
schoolteacher who offered himself as a representative of the average
Texan despite winning the nomination in 1996.

Turnout was projected to be about 6 percent of the state's 12.2
million registered voters, consistent with similar runoffs over the
past decade. Analysts had expected black and Hispanic voting
strengths to even out, leaving white voters to tip the balance.

Regional results showed Kirk won more than a third of the vote in
south Texas, where Morales expected to fare best. Kirk led everywhere
else except in west Texas.

At a restaurant in Austin, Morales refused to immediately concede and
said he wouldn't endorse Kirk. He then took a swipe at Kirk's
backers: "I thoroughly, completely distrust the Democratic Party
leadership."

Bickering over qualifications and upbringing overshadowed the issues
in the runoff, with Kirk painting Morales as an unqualified
opportunist, and Morales accusing his lawyer opponent of being out of
touch with poor Texans.

Kirk, also a former lobbyist, was hand-picked by Democratic leaders
to round out a diverse statewide ticket dubbed the "Dream Team."

Party leaders believed Kirk's nomination would bring national
attention and money to the race against Cornyn, while Morales' part-
time campaign would be grossly overmatched by the GOP nominee.

Kirk, who was little known outside Dallas before he began his run,
won endorsements from party leaders as he touted his bipartisan,
bridge-building record at Dallas City Hall throughout the campaign.

But Morales gathered popular appeal by pushing his underdog image and
his ability to relate to average folks. It echoed his 1996 campaign
during which he reached celebrity status by crisscrossing the state
in his truck in a long-shot bid to unseat Gramm.

Analysts say Morales' early showing may have triggered Kirk's last-
minute endorsement from Sanchez, like Morales a Mexican-American and
the first Hispanic nominated by either major party for Texas governor.

Experts say Kirk — if he wins in November — would become the first
minority elected to the Senate by popular vote from the South.

Overall, only two blacks and three Hispanics have been ever elected
to the Senate that way; the blacks were from Illinois and
Massachusetts, states with traditionally diverse statewide tickets,
and the Hispanics were from New Mexico, where the group has long been
active in politics.

Elsewhere, Denton County Judge Scott Armey lost to gynecologist
Michael Burgess in a GOP runoff for the seat his father, House
Majority Leader Dick Armey, is giving up for retirement.

Final returns are in for most and enough is in to see who the winners
are in today's runoffs.

From http://enr.sos.state.tx.us/02rundem.htm 11:30 PM

U. S. Senator
RON KIRK

U. S. Representative District 25
CHRIS BELL

State Senator, District 20
JUAN "CHUY" HINOJOSA

State Representative District 8
GEORGE M. ROBINSON

State Representative District 31
RYAN GUILLEN

State Representative District 35
GABI CANALES

State Representative District 51
EDDIE RODRIGUEZ

State Representative District 80
TIMOTEO "TIMO" GARZA

State Representative District 143
JOE E. MORENO(I)

Unofficial Election Results As Of : April 10, 2002 12:06 AM
http://enr.sos.state.tx.us/02rundem.htm

U. S. Senator

RON KIRK   370,063 59.7%
VICTOR MORALES   250,034 40.3%

Vote Total  620,097

Precincts Reporting   6,538 of 6,539
(1 precinct in Harris County still out)

Statewide Turnout   5.1%
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Results by county (n=254)
http://enr.sos.state.tx.us/dem2race0.htm

Statement from DNC Chairman Terry McAuliffe on the Texas Democratic
Primary
For Immediate Release: April 10, 2002

Washington, D.C. – "I congratulate former Dallas Mayor Ron Kirk on
his victory in yesterday's Democratic Senate run-off in Texas. Ron
ran an effective campaign with widespread support that reenergized
Democratic voters who will be motivated in November to defeat
Republican nominee John Cornyn. Republicans in the Lone Star State
should look at candidates like Ron Kirk and be worried that the walls
of their supposed stronghold are about to come tumbling down.

"Ron joins Latino Democratic gubernatorial nominee Tony Sanchez in
highlighting the strength and diversity of the Democratic Party. Both
candidates are a testament to the commitment and outreach efforts of
Democrats in representing the concerns of every community. But the
reason our candidates will win is because they speak to the issues
and values important to all Texans such as strengthening Social
Security, improving education, creating economic security, fixing our
health care system, and providing prescription drug benefits.

"I look forward to working with Ron Kirk and Tony Sanchez and all of
the Democrats on the ticket as they put together effective and
aggressive campaigns that will take them to victory in November."

### Democratic National Committee Press Office