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to sneak out on the porch for
a cup of coffee before you
head off to church services
tomorrow morning! I'll have a
look at your seven-day
forecast coming up in a few
minutes. Nicole?
THE 2014 CAMPIGAIN FOR
TEXAS ATTORNEY GENERAL
KICKS OFF..... CANDIDATES
PARTICIPATED IN A FORUM
THIS AFTERNOON IN TYLER.
KETK'S ALEXA VOGUE WAS
THERE AT THE FORUM
TODAY...SHE JOINS US NOW
LIVE IN OUR STUDIO NOW
WITH MORE...... ALEXA HOW
WAS IT?
NICOLE --- IT WAS THE
FIRST FORUM OF THE 20-14
CAMPAIGN SEASON.
ALL THREE CANDIDATES
RUNNING FOR THE
REPUBLICAN NOMINATION
WERE IN ATTENDANCE.
THE CANDIDATES ARE
STATE REPRESENTATIVE DAN
BRANCH, STATE SENATOR
KEN PAXTON, AND TEXAS
RAILROAD COMISSIONER,
BARRY SMITHERMAN.
THE THREE NOMINEE
HOPEFULS ANSWERED
QUESTIONS ON TOPICS
RANGING FROM THE STATE
BUDGET TO THE
TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM
....
"texas has been a leader in
this country in fighting back.
Yes. God bless texas."
THE FIRST FORUM OF THE
20-14 CAMPAIGN SEASON
WAS SUCCESSFUL AS ABOUT
80 EAST TEXAS RESIDENTS
SAT IN THE U-T TYLER
ORNELEAS ACTIVITY
CENTER.
WHILE EACH CANDIDATE
WAS ASKED A VARIETY OF
QUESTIONS ... THE MAIN
TOPIC ALL THREE
REPUBLICAN NOMINEES
FOCUSED ON WAS THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
STAYING OUT OF OUR
STATE.
"we have to stand up for the
constitution and laws of
texas."
EACH CANDIDATE
EXPRESSED THEIR
READINESS, DESIRE AND
CAPACITY TO FIGHT BACK
AGAINST THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT.
"when i'm the attorney
general I will be fighting the
obama administration on voter
ID, on redistricting, on
marriage, on the pro-life
issue, on obama care."
"i will be pushing back
against this irs and the doj
holder and the nsa the epa oh
my goodness."
BECAUSE ALL THREE
CANDIDATES ARE
REPUBLICAN, THEIR VIEWS
ON MOST ISSUES WERE
RELATIVELY SIMILAR.
SO I ASKED WHAT
SEPARATES EACH
CANDIDATE THEY SAID IT
WAS THEIR BACKGROUND.
"i've been there to not only
fight for east texas but to get
things done and in this race I
think we better find someone
who's gonna stand up to this
federal government."
"i've sued obamas epa seven
times the next attorney
general must continue these
law suits to protect the federal
government from always
trying to get into texas'
business."
"east texas people they're
independent they're
conservative. They care about
texas remaining strong and
free. And i've got the record
that says i'll be the guy to do
that. That i'll fight."
ONE THING THEY
UNANOMOUSLY AGREED ON
WAS THAT THEY HAD SOME
PRETTY HUGE SHOES TO FILL
FOLLOWING ATTORNEY
GENERAL GREGG ABBOTT.
THERE WAS A STRAW POLL
AT THE END OF THE FORUM.
SENATOR PAXTON WON
WITH 38 VOTES.
SMITHERMAN CAME IN
SECOND WITH 31 AND
REPRESENATIVE BRANCH
HAD 15.
WHILE JUST A STRAW POLL,
THE EAST TEXANS I SPOKE
WITH TODAY SAID IT
SHOULD FORESHADOW THE
RESULTS WE'LL BE SEEING
THIS COMING MARCH.
REPORTING LIVE IN THE
STUDIO -- ALEXA VOGUE,
KETK NEWS.
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