TX-19: Lubbock mayor may challenge Neugebauer in primary

[Miles]

Article.

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[Meeker]

Dozens!

Neugebauer got 64.4% in the 2014 primary, though I don't think he campaigned heavily.

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[Miles]

^ I also doubt he'll be caught napping like Ralph Hall was.

[IceSpear]

Uh...is he challenging him from the left? Because I don't think you can get to the right of him.

[Meeker]

^ I also doubt he'll be caught napping like Ralph Hall was.

Agreed.

Neugebauer was involved in Lubbock city politics before going to Congress; reading between the lines in the article it seems this is more driven by some sort of personal or local feud than something ideological. The mayor seems to think highly of himself, and seems to be quite ambitious.

[Maxwell]

Uh...is he challenging him from the left? Because I don't think you can get to the right of him.

2014 saw some to the left GOP challenges (See: Tim Huelskamp, Chuck Fleischmann), so I think it's probably that.

[Indy Texas]

Uh...is he challenging him from the left? Because I don't think you can get to the right of him.

2014 saw some to the left GOP challenges (See: Tim Huelskamp, Chuck Fleischmann), so I think it's probably that.

Republican city mayors tend to be the closest to moderate that you can get in Texas. They have to deal with the problems the federal and state governments pass the buck on. There's no room for them to take the conservative line of, "We don't need to spend money to fix this problem. Let the [lower level of government] deal with it."

It sounds like this guy's main priority is championing agriculture and the farmers in his district, while also being generally socially and fiscally conservative. In other words - if he were running 30 years ago, he'd have a "D" after his name.