Congressional Candidate Doesn't Live in the District
It seems like such a basic point, but the media seriously blows at election coverage. Here is a little tip media people...if you pay attention you will notice little stuff like the fact that at least one of the three candidates running for the 16th Congressional District Democratic Primary doesn't actually live in the district.
The development happened as a result of the new maps issued by the Texas Courts.
Jerome Tilghman, who lives in Northeast El Paso, does not live in the 16th District of Texas. He lives in the other El Paso Congressional district I wrote about.
He knows it too.
He feels like his base was drawn out of the district. I hate to break it to my former radio colleague, but he doesn't have a base to begin with.
At any rate, the maps aren't going to change and while he can legally run for the seat, its doubtful we will see his name on a ballot come March.
Tilghman says the lines disenfranchise people in that part of town. The same argument was made by people in the far east and lower valley about the previous map. The bottom line is that El Paso has grown and we are too big for one congressional district.
I haven't made a secret of it, but I don't think Tilghman belongs in the race. I don't see him as a viable candidate and I don't know anyone who does. This is America and people can do what they want, but Tilghman doesn't sound like a Democrat, doesn't sound like he has any new ideas other than sending troops in to Mexico, and now he doesn't even live in the district.
That might be why his signs don't say what he's running for...
(relax people I know its probably not his signs for the campaign. I think he knows that he has to put information like what office he's seeking and the legal disclaimer)
The development happened as a result of the new maps issued by the Texas Courts.
Jerome Tilghman, who lives in Northeast El Paso, does not live in the 16th District of Texas. He lives in the other El Paso Congressional district I wrote about.
He knows it too.
He feels like his base was drawn out of the district. I hate to break it to my former radio colleague, but he doesn't have a base to begin with.
At any rate, the maps aren't going to change and while he can legally run for the seat, its doubtful we will see his name on a ballot come March.
Tilghman says the lines disenfranchise people in that part of town. The same argument was made by people in the far east and lower valley about the previous map. The bottom line is that El Paso has grown and we are too big for one congressional district.
I haven't made a secret of it, but I don't think Tilghman belongs in the race. I don't see him as a viable candidate and I don't know anyone who does. This is America and people can do what they want, but Tilghman doesn't sound like a Democrat, doesn't sound like he has any new ideas other than sending troops in to Mexico, and now he doesn't even live in the district.
That might be why his signs don't say what he's running for...
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