11.26.07
Diana Maldonado Endorsed By Annie’s List
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Annie’s List Endorsement
Diana Maldonado is a well-known champion for public education and community development. Elected city-wide in 2003 and 2006, she was the first Latina to serve as school board president in Round Rock ISD’s history. During her tenure it became one of the highest ranked and fastest growing school districts in Texas.
Diana is an award-winning government efficiency expert with over 20 years experience in the Texas Comptroller’s office. She also serves as an active member of the Hispanic Women’s Network of Texas and Executive Women in State Government. In 2000, while working full-time and raising two teenagers as a single mother, she graduated magna cum laude from St. Edward’s University having earned her degree in business management.
By contrast, the incumbent chairs the House Transportation Committee and is the architect of the boondoggled Trans Texas Corridor. While doing the bidding for Rick Perry and foreign companies seeking to own and operate the TTC for exorbitant fees, Krusee has been exposed time and again cutting deals in the shadows.
The incumbent’s history proves him to be one of the most partisan and conservative members of the House. While serving on the Redistricting Committee in 2003, he cast a key vote for the illegal mid-decade redistricting plan. While wasting time and precious resources doing Tom Delay’s bidding, he also voted to cut over 230,000 children from the Children’s Health Insurance Plan.
Annie’s List believes that HD-52 is a very viable district due to the rapid growth and changing demographics which are a result of working families leaving the expensive Austin housing market, as well as an influx of Dell employees. What was once a conservative stronghold is now showing shades of blue and purple throughout the district. These new residents took note of Krusee’s dismal record and delivered him a devastating blow in 2006 (garnering just 50.6% of the vote) against an opponent who spent less than $10,000.
Diana enters the 2008 race with a political base in the largest city in the district, Round Rock, and with a record of delivering positive change for her constituents. She has undergone Annie’s List’s candidate training, hired a solid professional team and is on the phone raising money. Last month, Annie’s List hired her campaign manager, Genevieve Van Cleave, who is working hard to build critical campaign infrastructure more than a year out from the election.
This will be a hard fought campaign but Annie’s List has proven time and again that we can defeat entrenched incumbents with efficient and professional campaigns that deliver a message for change. We enthusiastically support Diana Maldonado and ask that you, our statewide network of likeminded donors, do the same!
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Diana MUST fill her war chest before the next campaign finance reporting deadline on December 31st. Opinion leaders and pundits will view that first report of 2008 as a crucial benchmark in determining Diana’s viability against her well-funded incumbent.
Help out the campaign. HD-52 needs Diana Maldonado’s leadership.