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Jerry Madden facing bizarre attacks in primary campaign

By Gritsforbreakfast

Quorum Report lets us know that Texas House Corrections Chairman Jerry Madden has been the target of a negative push poll, allegedly from his primary opponent, John Cole, whose main political background is a stint working for drug czar John Walters in Washington D.C. before moving back to his hometown in Plano. The Young Conservatives of Texas issued a press release (doc) criticizing the negative push poll and calling on Cole to run a clean campaign, declaring:?Jon Cole needs to come clean on whether or not he paid for or supports these dirty tactics that seek to smear the reputation of one of our state?s finest leaders,? Laura Elizabeth Morales, Director of Public Relations for the Young Conservatives of Texas said. ?Representative Madden is a West Point graduate with a sound conservative voting record...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on January 19, 2008 (boomark / email).