I had a great time tonight at the Dallas County Republican Party annual Christmas reception. I am glad to see so many Ron Paul supporters show up. There is hope for the Republican party returning to its root of limited government, doing only what is both good and necessary and allowed by the constitution.

It's a shame that the Republican state representative district 97 seat of Anna Mowery went to the Democrat in the runoff tonight.

I am putting together a "Get it done with Dunning" Texas BBQ dinner at my house for my great friend, Randy Dunning, who is running for state representative district 112 to replace Fred Hill who has thrown in the towel. So contact me for more information.

Friend of mine, Bill Burch, will be running for state representative district 93 against first term Democrat Paula Pierson in Tarrant county. According to Bill, she's as anti business as they come and she's highly vulnerable among all the Democrats. Plus, Bill has Leslie Sorrell taking care of the fund raising so that should be in good shape there.

Karen Wiegman, Karen Wiegman Campaign, 3729 Green Hollow Drive, Grand Prairie, Texas 75051, has announced that she will be running for the state representative district 106, the one where incumbent Republican Kirk England switched party a few months back. Contact Cory Kennedy, 512-636-0509, if you'd like more information.

There are now two people running for the Criminal District Court No. 3, Bill Fay and David Sprinkle. I have gotten to know Bill and his wife Rachida since the 2006 campaign. Both are great folks. I am looking forward to helping him with the campaign as well as Bobby Francis running for the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals place 4, Jonathan Neerman running for County Chair, Mary Murphy running for the 5th Court of Appeals, John Fowler running for 14th district court bench, ....