June 14, 2008
Pete Olson at the Texas GOP Convention
Pete Olson, GOP nominee for the congressional race in Texas CD-22, addressed bloggers today at the RightOnline.com booth at the Texas Republican Convention in Houston.
Olson is a former staffer for Senator Phil Gramm and Senator John Cornyn. In his comments to bloggers, Olson emphasized the importance of returning to traditional Republican principles, including traditional values, limited government, free markets and strong national defense. My only real point of contention with Olson's remarks was his expressed opinion that the GOP leadership had "gotten the message." I'm still not convinced that it has, but I given Olson's track record and Phil Gramm's enthusiastic endorsement of his candidacy, Olson has my vote.
Olson is running for the seat that was once held by Tom DeLay, but was taken by the Democrats in 2006. The district remains heavily Republican, and Olson's race represents one of the few in which there is a very good chance to flip a D to an R this time around.
Olson's campaign website is here.
