Rep –Elect Naomi Gonzalez Misses Democratic Party Events

Apparently Rep-Elect Gonzalez is not in a big hurry to convince people that she really is a member of the Democratic Party.

Gonzalez received a lot of criticism (a lot from yours truly) during the election in which she defeated long-time State Rep Norma Chavez for being almost 100% funded by the Texans for Lawsuit Reform, which is a very conservative organization.

Rep-Elect Gonzalez was invited to be a speaker at the last Young Democrats meeting and she declined the invitation.

But was the most notable absence of Rep-Elect Gonzalez was her absence from the State Democratic Party Convention in Corpus Christi. Rep-Elect Gonzalez was not in attendance at the Convention, which is a key party event that most legislators attend. This being the year of a gubernatorial election, the convention takes on even more significance.

That’s pretty interesting when you watch this quick video reminder of an event in which the Tejano Democrats awarded the only sizeable contribution to her campaign that actually didn’t come from the Texans for Lawsuit Reform.

The funniest part of this video is to listen to these people chant “Democrats, Democrats…” as Gonzalez looked visibly uncomfortable. Another funny part of the video is the guy that has the nerve to say that she’s not for sale to the special interest groups. I guess more than 90% funding from the TLR doesn’t meet his definition.



I’ll check with Sammy C and find out if she attended the Republican Party’s Convention instead.