Campbell draws Republican challenger

[TexasTowelie]

AUSTIN — State Sen. Donna Campbell of New Braunfels, a tea party darling, has drawn her first challenger for the 2014 Republican primary.

Mike Novak, a former Bexar County commissioner and one-time chairman of the Greater San Antonio Chamber of Commerce, told the San Antonio Express-News on Tuesday that he plans to challenge Campbell in Senate District 25, which includes northern Bexar and parts of five other counties.

“There is clearly a disconnect between Donna (Campbell) and a large sector of the constituents,” said Novak, 61, adding that Campbell's career as a doctor and lack of elected positions “does not translate to the type of experience you need to be effective in the Capitol. That is a different world.”

Novak is a longtime San Antonio business owner and entrepreneur who owned niche construction companies and now owns an air conditioning and energy business in San Marcos with his son.

More at http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/politics/texas_legislature/article/Campbell-draws-Republican-challenger-4729794.php .

[Paladin]

1. I suppose this guy could be worse than Campbell.....

....but I doubt it very seriously.

[Vogon_Glory]

2. Bet You Didn't Know You Were An America-Hating, Secular-Humanist, Commie-Socialist Liberal, Mr Novak

Bet you didn't know you were an America-hating, secular-humanist, commie-socialist liberal, Mr. Novak, did you? You probably thought you were a sensible pro-business Republican who believed that government could at least occasionally be useful and that the state legislature was there to represent the interests of Texans and that the state senate seat currently held by Donna Campbell was supposed to be held by someone who was supposed to represent the interests of his or her district. Oh, but you're about to find out otherwise, and the Tea Party will be happy to school you.