I'm curious...what did Stovall do? I can't remember.
@berdie Again my memory has failed me and I sincerely apologize to Dwayne and any Stovall fans here. It was Stockman (a Tea Party Darling), also running in the primary against Cornyn in 2014 that pulled the disappearing act that doomed his candidacy.
Texas tea party sours on Stockman
By KATIE GLUECK 02/21/2014 05:06 AM EST HOUSTON — It’s the epic GOP primary that wasn’t.
Tea party activists hoped to oust Texas Sen. John Cornyn this year in an early-March contest that could have burnished their credibility heading into the midterms. Instead, Cornyn’s best-known challenger, Rep. Steve Stockman, has gone missing on the campaign trail, dogged by unflattering stories about his past and his ethics.
It’s a disappointment for many national political watchers who had pulled out the popcorn for this race. Stockman has a penchant for making inflammatory statements — one of his bumper stickers read: “If babies had guns they wouldn’t be aborted.†In December, he tweeted a picture of a can of “liberal tears,†calling it the “best gun lubricant around.â€
While that kind of rhetoric resonates with a corner of the GOP base, establishment Republicans trying to avoid intraparty warfare are relieved to see Stockman’s campaign founder. And as Cornyn sails toward the nomination and back to the Senate, even the most ardent Texas tea party activists are distancing themselves from the firebrand congressman — and wishing he would quit saying he’s one of them.
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https://www.politico.com/story/2014/02/texas-steve-stockman-john-cornyn-republican-senate-primary-elections-2014-103754 STOVALL will get my VOTE!!!!
