{"id":1423,"date":"2009-12-10T19:22:00","date_gmt":"2009-12-10T19:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/highplainsblogger.wordpress.com\/2009\/12\/10\/swinford-has-a-foe-once-more"},"modified":"2009-12-10T19:22:00","modified_gmt":"2009-12-10T19:22:00","slug":"swinford-has-a-foe-once-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=1423","title":{"rendered":"Swinford has a foe once more"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/swinford-david1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413691462474636274\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/highplainsblogger.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/12\/eef2b-swinford-david.jpg?w=200\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>David Swinford can&#8217;t buy a break.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div>While his two Panhandle colleagues in the Texas House of Representatives skate through to re-election every other year, Swinford, R-Dumas, seems to keep drawing opponents.<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Poor guy.<\/div>\n<div> <\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>I recognize it&#8217;s still early in the filing period for the 2010 campaign, but as of today, only Swinford has an opponent next year: Abel Bosquez of Amarillo, a former Potter County Democratic chair. Heck, there might be others filing before the deadline passes.<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>But also as of today, Reps. John Smithee of Amarillo and Warren Chisum of Pampa are without foes. They, too, could draw opponents before the deadline?<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>I&#8217;m betting they won&#8217;t.<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>I&#8217;ve long said that incumbents need opposition, no matter how accomplished they may be. They should have to explain their record. A stout challenger who is able to make the incumbent answer for his or her key votes or decisions serves the public well, even if the challenger&#8217;s bid falls short.<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Once again, though, Rep. Swinford is going to have to answer for his record. That&#8217;s good news &#8212; even though Swinford would disagree.<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>David Swinford can&#8217;t buy a break. While his two Panhandle colleagues in the Texas House of Representatives skate through to re-election every other year, Swinford, R-Dumas, seems to keep drawing opponents. Poor guy. I recognize it&#8217;s still early in the filing period for the 2010 campaign, but as of today, only Swinford has an opponent &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=1423\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Swinford has a foe once more<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1423","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1423","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1423"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1423\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1423"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1423"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}