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ENDORSEMENTS
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answers on gay marriage were very convoluted.
As the screening session went on, the questions
started to get a little hostile and she eventually
said she wasn't actually asking for our endorse-
ment," Moon said.
Stonewall ended up endorsing the District 110
incumbent, Jesse Jones, in the District 110 race.
It was the first time Jones has sought an endorse-
ment from a GLBT group, and he gave an
impressive presentation, Garcia said.
Six of the organization's gay members are on
the primary ballot.
Two of those, Jack Borden and Tom Malin, are
running against each other for the Democratic
nomination for the District 108 seat in the Texas
House. Stonewall endorsed Malin in that race,
but delayed that decision for a day while the orga-
nization's leaders investigated allegations about
Malin. Moon declined to disclose the allegations
but said the organization had found nothing to
support them.
Other gay Stonewall members who received
the organization's endorsement were Gary
Fitzsimmons, who is unopposed in the primary in
his race for Dallas County District Clerk; Andy
Smith who faces Allen Vaught in the race for the
District 107 seat in the Texas House; Jim Foster
who is unopposed in the primary in the race for
Dallas County Judge; and incumbent Mike
Dupree, facing challenger Jaime Cortes in the
primary race for constable, Precinct 5.
Both Vaught and Cortes also screened with
Stonewall and asked for the endorsement.
Of the 62 candidates Stonewall has endorsed,
11 face opposition in the primary. Among them is
Lany Jarrett, a former federal prosecutor and
U.S. Marine who is running against B.D. Howard
and Craig Watkins for Dallas County district
attorney. Watkins also screened with Stonewall.
"In a race like that, where we have two viable
candidates who want the endorsement and who
are both good on GLBT issues, the endorsement
comes down to intangible things," Moon said.
"Craig Watkins is a good person and would be
good on our issues, too. But when all those things
are equal, it comes down to a question of how
familiar our community is with the candidate,
how active the candidate has been."
He added, "Either Larry Jarrett or his cam-
paign manager attended every one of our meet-
ings last year. Larry was at the Pride parade. He
was at our voter registration events. The people in
Stonewall and in the GLBT community know
him now. That swayed the vote in his favor.
Jesse Garcia
In other contested
races, Stonewall
endorsed:
• Barbara
Radnofsky, a Houston
lawyer, in the race for
U.S. Senate. She is run-
ning against Darrell
Reece Hunter of
Amarillo and Gene
spoke to the group in
Kelly. Radnofsky
September.
• Former U.S. Representative Chris Bell in the
race for governor. Former Texas Supreme Court
Judge Bob Gammage also screened with the
organization and asked for the endorsement.
Other candidates in the primary are Rashad Jafer
and Felix Alvarado.
• Scott Chase in the race for District 4 county
commissioner. His opponent is Rose Renfro.
• Greg Allbright in the race for county clerk.
Three other candidates screened with Stonewall,
too. They are John Warren, Harry O. Trujillo and
Darryl Brigham.
• Heath Harris in the race for 195th Criminal
District Court judge. His primary opponent is
Fred Tinsley.
• Sally Montgomery, the incumbent in the race
for County Court at Law No. 3. Her opponent is
Baltasar Cruz.
• Alan Barr in the race for County Criminal
Court No. 6. His opponent is Angela King.
• Jeff Rosenfeld in the race for Criminal Court
of Appeals No. 2. His opponent is Brian O'Shea.
Stonewall endorsed 54 candidates who are
unopposed in the primary. Garcia said that going
through the endorsement process with candidates
who are unopposed is important because it helps
"weed out those who do not support the LGBT
community," and it helps those who are support-
ive bring in more volunteers and contributions.
Stonewall mailed endorsement forms and
questionnaires to all the candidates in the
Democratic Primary three weeks before the
screening sessions last weekend. Only those who
reserved speaking time or returned completed
questionnaires were eligible for the organiza-
tion's endorsement, Garcia said.
Early voting for the March 7 primary takes
place Feb. 21 through March 3. Run-off elec-
tions, if necessaty will be held Ap?il 11, with
early voting from April 3-8. The last day to regis-
ter and be eligible to vote in the primaiy is Feb.
6. Stonewall Democrats of Dallas will have a
table set up and be registering voters from noon
to 6 p.m. Saturday at Crossroads Market, 3930
Cedar Springs Road.
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