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Texas Physicians Provide Political Prescription For Health Care Champions
Endorsement Videos Tell Patients Why Candidates Deserve Support
An endorsement from Texas physicians has always meant more to a candidate than the promise of campaign cash. In addition to the community prestige of support from a group of trusted professionals, endorsed candidates can often count on strong grassroots support from physicians and their spouses – handing out campaign materials in their offices or showing up to stuff envelopes and work the phones.
Now Texas’ two largest physician political action committees are providing selected endorsed candidates a new kind of cutting edge grassroots support – Internet videos that tell patients exactly why the doctors are part of their campaign. To watch to the videos now, drop down to the bottom of the page here.
“Now, perhaps more than ever before, Texas needs experienced leaders in the Texas Legislature who have a proven record of fighting for our patients,” said Dr. Lloyd Van Winkle, Chair, TAFPPAC. “We’re committed to providing our endorsed candidates the tools to reach the voters of Texas directly.”
TAFPPAC and TEXPAC have so far produced and distributed Internet endorsement videos for State Sen. Judith Zaffirini (D-Laredo) and State Reps. Vicki Truitt (R-Keller), Dawnna Dukes (D-Austin), Charlie Geren (R-Fort Worth), Betty Brown (R-Terrell), Garnet Coleman (D-Houston) and Corbin Van Arsdale (R-Tomball).
“The political calculus of many campaigns for the Texas Legislature has changed,” said Dr. Manuel Acosta, Chair, TEXPAC Board of Directors. “Physicians’ PACs can’t compete in pure dollars with those who are prepared to pour $1 million into a campaign, but these videos allow us to extend the value of our endorsements in ways that matter the most – reaching the voters.”
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The Texas Academy of Family Physicians is the state’s largest medical specialty organization representing more than 5,000 family physicians, residents, and medical students, promotes and assures the maintenance of high-quality health care.
TEXPAC, the political advocacy arm of the Texas Medical Association, speaks on behalf of more than 43,000 Texas physicians and medical students, and nearly 8,000 alliance members. Organized in 1962, TEXPAC is one of the oldest political action committees in Texas. TEXPAC also is one of the largest bipartisan PACs in the state and ranks first in size among other state medical association PACs.
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| TAFPPAC Contact: | Tom Banning (512) 497-0048; tbanning@tafp.org |
| TEXPAC Contact: | David Reynolds (512) 370-1365; david.reynolds@texmed.org |
| Pam Udall: | (512) 370-1382; Cell: 413-6807; pam.udall@texmed.org |
| Brent Annear: | (512) 370-1381; Cell: (512) 656-7320; brent.annear@texmed.org |
Watch TEXPAC Get Out the Vote Videos
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Representative Garnet Coleman | House District 147 |
| County: Harris (part) | ||
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Representative Corbin Van Arsdale | House District 130 |
| County: Harris (part) | ||
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Senator Judith Zaffirini | Senate District 21 |
| Counties: Atascosa, Bee, Bexar (part), Dimmit, Duval, Frio, Jim Hogg, Karnes, LaSalle, Live Oak, McMullen, San Patricio, Starr, Webb, Wilson, Zapata, Zavala | ||
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Representative Betty Brown | House District 4 |
| Counties: Henderson, Kaufman | ||
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Representative Dawnna Dukes | House District 46 |
| County: Travis (part) | ||
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Representative Charlie Geren | House District 99 |
| County: Tarrant (part) | ||
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Representative Vicki Truitt | House District 98 |
| County: Tarrant (part) | ||
February 20, 2008