Moffat For District 98 Seat

Texas House District 98 (between Dallas and Fort Worth) is shaping up to be a very interesting race. It features the ethically-challenged incumbent Republican Vickie Truitt against new Democrat Nancy Moffat. Moffat used to hold the seat until Truitt took it from her a few years ago. Now it looks like Moffat stands a very good chance of retaking the seat.

Nancy Moffat switched from Republican to Democrat around the end of last year, because she just couldn't stand to see what the Republicans were doing to our state. She doesn't call herself a liberal, but her moderate views would be a wonderful change from the right-wing insanity of Truitt.

Moffat says, " I may not be liberal, but I will fight for more funding for k-12; higher tenured teacher salaries while keeping the higher starting teacher salaries; totally oppose vouchers-vouchers will bankrupt our public education system; protect our environment with strict clean air and clean water legislation; require the state to invest in renewable energy sources; rein in higher education costs; rein in electricity rates and get rid of Dictator Craddick."

That sounds like an agenda anyone could support. Another good thing is that Moffat has already served four terms in the Texas House, and when elected, she will get that seniority back. There's just no down side to electing Moffat.

I urge you voters in District 98 to support Nancy Moffat. Talk to your family and your neighbors, and if you can, make some phone calls or put out some signs. Her headquarters is at 1414 Whispering Dell in Southlake, and the phone number is 817-481-8226.

Wouldn't it be great to have a representative you can trust in District 98?

Moffat To Run In District 98 As Democrat

Texas House District 98 covers the northeastern part of Tarrant County, and includes Colleyville, Grapevine, Southlake, Keller and part of north Fort Worth. For three terms, Republican moderate Nancy Moffat represented the district. About 10 years ago, she was defeated in the Republican primary by rabid right-winger Vicki Truitt, who currently represents the district.

Now Moffat has filed to run again for District 98 Representative, but this time she filed to run as a Democrat. Moffat said, "It wasn't so much that I left the Republican Party as much as it was that the party left me. They're all about the wealthy, and I want to be for the little guy and the middle guy."

Moffat has told Tarrant County Democratic chairman Art Brender that she supports children's health insurance, opposes school vouchers and opposes Speaker Craddick. She also says she is "OK" with the pro-choice position (whatever that means).

Now don't be misled -- Moffat is no liberal. She is a moderate at best. But if she truly supports the above positions (especially anti-voucher and anti-Craddick), then I am happy to have her running as a Democrat and I hope she can win the race.

This is the reddest area of Tarrant County, and many times the Democrats have not even been able to field a credible candidate in District 98. Moffat is a credible candidate, and has an outside chance of actually beating Truitt. That's good enough for me.

Welcome to the Democratic Party Nancy Moffat!