KAUFMAN — Dr. Stuart Spitzer is set to take on state Rep. Lance Gooden, R-Terrell, in the GOP primary for the House District 4 (HD-4) seat, a district that covers all of Kaufman and most of Henderson counties. Spitzer is already being backed by Tea Party leaders and conservative grassroots organizations. Gooden is serving his first term after knocking out longtime state Rep. Betty Brown in the 2010 GOP primary. Spitzer’s Web site is www.StuartSpitzer.com.
Stuart Spitzer
Gooden, who The Ellis County Observer and The Kaufman County Observer have criticized as “not Gooden enough” in legislative report cards, has a war chest of $52,579.57, according to his last Texas Ethics Commission campaign finance report. The last period on file electronically is the June 30 report. The figure may or may not be larger.
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[...] HOUSE DISTRICT 4 — State Rep. Lance Gooden, R-Terrell, is going to have to answer for some votes and voting records from his first term in the state Legislature. What? Didn’t think anyone was paying attention? If Gooden (I’m older than him by about two years) was my child and came home with the 44 percent ranking on his report card (Texas Eagle Forum) or the D that Texans for Fiscal Responsibility gave him, he’d be grounded. Or, in this case, thrown outta office. There’s at least one primary challenger so far, though: Dr. Stuart Spitzer (story here: http://kaufsyrup.wordpress.com/2011/10/09/hd-4-dr-stuart-spitzer-aims-for-state-rep/) [...]