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By JOHN KANELIS \/ johnkanelis_92@hotmail.com<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

I skedaddled from the Texas Panhandle a couple of years ago, so my thoughts on a just-completed political campaign in the 13th Congressional District should be considered in that context.<\/p>\n

I am not as close to the action in the Panhandle as I used to be, but my interest in the region remains high.<\/p>\n

13th District voters elected Dr. Ronny Jackson as their next representative. Rep.-elect Jackson presents a strange new turn in Panhandle politics, in my humble view.<\/p>\n

Jackson is a former White House physician. He served three presidents: George W. Bush, Barack Obama and Donald Trump.<\/p>\n

Trump wanted to nominate Jackson to be secretary of veterans affairs. Jackson didn’t make the cut; he bowed out after questions arose about his lack of administrative experience and then about his conduct as a physician.<\/p>\n

So, he looked for a place to run for Congress and set his sights on a district where he never lived. He wanted to succeed longtime Rep. Mac Thornberry of Clarendon, who decided he didn’t want to seek re-election to a seat he held since 1995.<\/p>\n

Jackson doesn’t know much about the district he now will\u00a0 represent. He was born in Levelland, but moved away to join the Navy\u00a0 — attaining the rank of rear admiral — and never looked back. Until now.<\/p>\n

During the campaign, he became something of a shill for Donald Trump. He said some goofy things about the soon-to-be-former president.<\/p>\n

What he knows specifically about Pantex, about the Bell\/Textron aircraft assembly mission, about water conservation, or wind energy, or farm policy remains a mystery to me. Mac Thornberry is a son of the Panhandle, coming from a longtime Donley County ranching family. Jackson is a new resident of the region, so I guess I can call him a carpetbagger.<\/p>\n

In these times, I guess it’s OK for carpetbaggers to represent the interest of folks who formerly used to demand that their political representatives be proficient in the issues important to them.<\/p>\n

Jackson won handily.<\/p>\n

As for his shilling for Donald Trump, I am wondering how long he’ll want to stay in office with his main man no longer in office.<\/p>\n\n

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