When to vote:

Voting lasts from 7am to 7pm Tuesday April 13th. You will be allowed to vote as long as you are in line by 7pm.

Where to vote:

Below is a list of voting locations by county. You may need to scroll down on some of the pages to find the list of voting locations. If your county is not on the list, or if your are not sure what precinct you are in, please visit the Texas Secretary of State website for voter-specific information.

Angelina County
Aransas County
Austin County
Bandera County
Bastrop County
Bell County
Bexar County
Bowie County
Brown County
Burleson County
Burnet County
Brazoria County
Brazos County
Caldwell County
Cameron County
Camp County
Chambers County
Collin County
Comal County
Cooke County
Coryell County
Dallas County
Denton County
Donley County
Eastland County – see comments below
Ellis County
Ector County
El Paso County
Erath County
Fannin County
Fayette County
Fort Bend County
Freestone County
Galveston County
Garza County
Goliad County
Gonzales County
Grimes County
Guadalupe County
Grayson County
Hamilton County
Harris County
Harrison County
Hays County
Henderson County
Hidalgo County
Hill County
Hockley County
Hood County
Hopkins County
Hunt County
Jackson County
Jefferson County
Jim Wells County
Johnson County
Jones County
Kaufman County
Kerr County
Kleberg County
Lavaca County
Liberty County
Limestone County
Llano County
Lubbock County
Madison County
Matagorda County
Montgomery County
Midland County
Mclennan County
Medina County
Nacogdoches County
Navarro County
Nueces County
Orange County
Parker County
Randall County
Refugio County
Rockwall County
Rusk County
San Jacinto County
San Patricio County
Shelby County
Smith County
Somervell County
Tarrant County
Taylor County
Terry County
Titus County
Tom Green County
Travis County
Upshur County
Uvalde County
Van Zandt County
Victoria County
Walker County
Waller County
Washington County
Webb County
Wharton County
Wichita County
Williamson County
Wilson County
Wise County
Wood County
Young County

Fellow Patriots,

Your vote counts double in a runoff. Runoff elections historically have the lowest turnouts of any statewide election. This means your vote counts for more now than in any other election. We need your vote now more than ever to see victory on April 13th.

Please share this page with your friends and remind them to vote.

Why Vote Early

• Shorter lines - Voting early often has shorter lines than voting on election day.
• You vote for sure - Things tend to come up on election day that may keep you from voting.
• Easier to find voting locations - While on election day you have to vote in your neighborhood in early voting you can pick a location that is convenient to work or school.
• Your vote is counted first - On election night they count the early votes first so you make the news while everyone waits for the other votes to be counted.

When to Vote

• Early voting is from April 5th-9th.
• Voting day is April 13th.

Where to Vote

Here is list of early voting information. If you county is not on this list, please see our list of Early Voting Locations for your county.

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Because of your consistent hard work and support, and because of some Divine Favor in several key areas, we came through election night in first place and finished with an 8,200 vote victory. Now we’re living up to President Bush’s nickname for me, Landslide Green!

The top two finishers will now be in a runoff April 13th (with early voting April 5th-9th) so we are hitting the ground running today for a six week sprint across the state and we need your continued help!

Our team is meeting today to start implementing our runoff strategy and here’s how you can immediately help:

1. Make a contribution for the runoff. To effectively campaign, we need to raise even more for the runoff than we did for the primary. Please make a contribution today.If you already gave the maximum $5,000 in the primary, everything starts over now and you are allowed to give another $5,000. Whether you give $50 or $5,000 or somewhere in between, we appreciate your help!
2. Spread the word that we came in first, but that we must win the runoff April 13th! Stay tuned into Facebook and Twitter and use that “Suggest to Friends” button that took us from zero on Facebook to over 13,000 in just a few months!
3. Plan ahead to help us at the polls April 13th. Whether you are there for just a couple of hours or all day, it has a HUGE impact on the outcome. Email matt@rickgreen.com if you are willing to help and also watch our website for more information.
4. Attend republican meetings as my representative. We need to cover all of Texas in just 6 weeks. If you can attend a few meetings on our behalf, we’ll get you a Green Team shirt and materials to hand out. Contact bryan@rickgreen.com if you can help.
5. Provide housing for volunteers traveling the state. If you have a guest house or travel trailer and you’re willing to let someone from our team stay there when in the area, please email matt@rickgreen.com. We especially need a place for someone to stay in the Houston area. We also need a place in the Austin area or a travel trailer we could use for 6 weeks and park on our property in Dripping Springs.
6. Make phone calls. If you are willing and able to make phone calls from your home, please email matt@rickgreen.com and we’ll get you a list and a script.
7. Click “Suggest to Friends” on Facebook. The amount we won by on Tuesday was about the same as how many more fans we had than our competitors. Facebook makes the difference.

We have surprised a lot of “experts” already. Let’s keep up the hard work and win this thing on April 13th!!!

Rick Green
www.facebook.com/RickGreen2010

When to vote:

Voting lasts from 7am to 7pm Tuesday March 2nd. You will be allowed to vote as long as you are in line by 7pm.

Where to vote:

Find a list of voting locations by county. You can find out what precinct you are in by visiting the Texas Secretary of State website.

Angelina County
Aransas County
Austin County
Bandera County
Bastrop County
Bell County
Bexar County
Bowie County
Brown County
Burleson County
Burnet County
Brazoria County
Brazos County
Caldwell County
Cameron County
Camp County
Chambers County
Collin County
Comal County
Cooke County
Coryell County
Dallas County
Denton County
Donley County
Ellis County
Ector County
El Paso County
Erath County
Fannin County
Fayette County
Fort Bend County
Freestone County
Galveston County
Garza County
Goliad County
Gonzales County
Grimes County
Guadalupe County
Grayson County
Hamilton County
Harris County
Harrison County
Hays County
Henderson County
Hidalgo County
Hill County
Hockley County
Hood County
Hopkins County
Hunt County
Jackson County
Jefferson County
Jim Wells County
Johnson County
Jones County
Kaufman County
Kerr County
Kleberg County
Lavaca County
Liberty County
Limestone County
Llano County
Lubbock County
Madison County
Matagorda County
Montgomery County
Midland County
McLennan County
Medina County
Parker County
Nacogdoches County
Navarro County
Nueces County
Orange County
Parker County
Rains County
Randall County
Refugio County
Rockwall County
Randall County
Rusk County
San Jacinto County
San Patricio County
Shelby County
Smith County
Somervell County
Starr County
Tarrant County
Taylor County
Terry County
Titus County
Tom Green
Travis County
Upshur County
Uvalde County
Val Verde County
Van Zandt County
Victoria County
Walker County
Waller County
Washington County
Webb County
Wharton County
Wichita County
Williamson County
Wilson County
Wise County
Wood County
Young County

If your county is not in this list see the Secretary of State website for voting info in your county.

When I began my first campaign for the Texas House in 1997, people told me to be ready for the lies and distortions I’d soon read about myself in the newspaper. But I was never prepared for the onslaught that would come five years later in 2002 when I became a top target of the democrats in Texas.

I’ve had about every accusation thrown at me that you can imagine, yet every single time the claims were dismissed after the headlines had their impact. But the negative impression with voters lasts for years and most of them never hear the truth.

Unfortunately, the left wing has found a formula that works for them in politics. When they are faced with effective conservatives, they attack the character of the conservative relentlessly and truth is never an obstacle for them.

They have learned that if they just keep attacking, keep filing ethics complaints, keep launching “criminal investigations,” and keep running articles with accusations…even if they never, ever prove anything, convict anyone, or show even one shred of evidence to support their claims, sooner or later people just assume that “where there is smoke, there is fire.” What gets lost in the whirlwind is that the fire was arson started from the outside by those attempting to destroy.

Just ask Sarah Palin or Tom Delay or a host of other conservatives who have experienced the same relentless attacks.

Having said all that, please do not misunderstand me to be claiming to be righteous or perfect. I’ve made plenty of mistakes. Usually it was naïve decisions in my twenties when I was unaware of the lengths to which people would be willing to distort my actions and decisions.

Then there were times where I was just flat out wrong and made a foolish decision or had a knee jerk reaction. I pray that I’ve learned from these incidents just like most people attempt to do with their life experiences.

This document is intended to be a quick response to the accusations that were brought against me almost ten years ago in my Legislative race. For a detailed response and an honest discussion about those learning experiences, please read Our American Story.

In that book, we share the details, the behind the scenes events, and our perspective. Click here for an excerpt from that book, the chapter titled “The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly.” I’ve also posted several documents below to back up my statements regarding these many “ethics” charges leveled by the left wing.

Many have asked me why I did not file a libel suit against my opponent, the democrat party, and the media outlets that printed completely false statements. The truth is that I almost did. We had all of our evidence ready to go, but after much prayer and consideration, Kara and I decided against it for very simple reasons.

• First, it is virtually impossible to win a defamation suit when you are a public figure. Unfortunately, the law is different for public figures and the only defense the perpetrator of lies has to say is: “I believed it was true.”
• Second, we are not wealthy and a lawsuit like this would have cost hundreds of thousands of dollars.
• Third, it would have consumed our lives for years and we’d rather enjoy our family and opportunities to impact the culture than be caught up in the stress of a high profile lawsuit for the better part of our children’s young years at home.

Now let’s get specific:

“Squeezing lobbyists to pony up at a fundraiser for a private foundation he started.”

This first one is almost comical. The Torch of Freedom Foundation puts on a mock legislative session each year called “Patriot Academy” for young students wanting to learn more about their government.

Ambassador Alan Keyes came to Austin to speak at our fundraiser and I sent invitations to everyone in my rolodex because I thought it was special to have a speaker of that caliber – I guess the Dallas Morning News considered that squeezing people.

Travis County DA & County Attorney “investigations.”

Two weeks before Election Day in 2002, liberal prosecutors from Austin started leaking to reporters that I and another republican legislator were under “criminal investigation” for our law firm representing clients in matters with state agencies. This was perfectly legal and had been practiced by both Republican and Democrat lawmakers for years.

But after all those years, one prosecutor somehow formed the opinion that this was now an illegal practice. It should be noted that about 15 democrat legislators had also represented their clients before a state agency that year, but the prosecutor declined to investigate the democrats, only the republicans.

After front page headlines that destroyed my reputation were run in the local papers for the last two weeks of the election, the charges were dropped after I was narrowly defeated on election night. Their plan had worked perfectly. They only wanted my House Seat back and they knew that they couldn’t attack me on my conservative voting record.

They had to create a “criminal investigation” in order to win and that was their goal all along. Right after the election, the lead prosecutor quit his job and went to work for my opponent’s top contributor as an “ethics advisor”. Click here for a copy of the new DA’s letter closing the case because there was nothing to pursue.

“Used state office for personal benefit”

“Used state office for personal benefit” is the accusation often leveled due to an interview I gave that was later used by the company in a commercial. I did not receive any compensation for the interview and had no ownership of the product. I had been taking this nutritional supplement for quite some time and the company asked if I would be willing to give a testimonial on camera, which I naively thought would be just fine.

It was certainly fine from a legal and ethical point of view, but it gave my political adversaries an easy target to distort. Click here for two documents from the company proving that I received no compensation for the interview.

“Represented felon before the parole board who loaned $400K to Rick’s company which was never paid back and Rick says he doesn’t know what happened to the money.”

This one is so egregiously false that it would have been the main basis of the libel suit we almost filed. This man’s 80 year old wife had been like a grandmother to me. Her elderly husband was serving the last months of a white collar sentence and was so physically digressing that the State gave him a “special needs parole” because it was costing the state too much to take care of his health needs, so they preferred for a man his age to finish his sentence at home.

She called and asked if I could help get the paperwork filed, which I did. As for the supposedly unpaid loans, he did in fact loan my startup company money in the early 90’s. The loan was actually given in small increments for operating capital over a period of several years. These loans were paid back in full and there was never any question at all as to what happened to the money as it was spent on startup expenses such as staff and inventory. Click here for a letter from the Judge who handled the man’s assets, it confirms that the loans were paid back.

“Altercation with State Rep. Patrick Rose.”

For details on this one, please read the attached excerpt from “Our American Story.”

“Green sent mailers criticizing his opponent for being supported by Melinda Ballard, the person who started the million dollar mold lawsuits, but he had filed a mold lawsuit himself.”

Not only did I never even mention my opponent in any of my advertising, but I have also never filed a mold remediation lawsuit or represented a client with one. My wife and I discovered mold in one of our bathrooms and air conditioner at one time, but when the insurance company wanted to do all the costly remediation that we thought was a waste of money, I went in and did most of the repair work myself because I thought the mold claims were overblown and running up all of our insurance premiums.

Final Thoughts

I think that about covers it. Once you step into the political arena, you live your life in a glass house. Everything you do is scrutinized under a microscope. I look back a these accusations that started ten years ago and they seem so silly to us now, but It’s important to Kara and me that people know exactly where we’re coming from.

I’m sure there will be more accusations to come as long as I’m willing to put my name on the ballot. Kara and I thought and prayed long and hard this time before stepping back into the arena.

We knew all of these accusations would come up once again. While we would have personally preferred to continue our very blessed private lives, enjoying our family without our name being dragged through the mud, we came to the conclusion that there is too much at stake in America right now for us to sit on the sidelines. When we think about our soldiers taking real bullets, all the name-calling we receive really is not a big deal.

If you are a supporter, we ask for your prayers for our family to keep our joy despite the attacks, to have wisdom to make the right decisions and avoid even the appearance of impropriety, and the courage to stand strong no matter the adversity.

For Freedom,
Rick Green

President Theodore Roosevelt
Speech at the Sorbonne, Paris, April 23, 1910

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Chuck Norris doesn’t endorse: he tells Texas how it’s going to be. Therefore, we would like to invite you to make the safest investment possible by participating in today’s Money Bomb!

Money Bomb Today!

Our goal is to raise $100,000, and we are confident that with your help we will reach it.

Please email your family and friends so they can join the fun as well! Any donation, whether $5 or $5,000 is a tremendous help.

Click here to donate, and don’t forget to forward this message on! Thank you so much for your support. May God bless you, and may He continue to bless the great state of Texas!

Upcoming Events

• Money Bomb – Today! Donate Now
• Wichita Falls TEA Party – Thursday, Feb 4th More Info
• Mesquite TEA Party – Saturday, Feb 6th More Info
• San Angelo TEA Party - Tuesday, Feb 9th More Info
• Garland Republican Women – Thursday, Feb 11th More Info

Want Volunteer Updates?

If you are interested in volunteering, or if you would like push cards or bumper stickers, please contact Bryan Shufelt: bryan@rickgreen.com.

Registered to Vote?

Just a quick reminder that the deadline to register to vote is February 1. If you have not registered, you can download a voter registration application here.

Please forward this email to your family and friends to make sure they have registered as well.

Money Bomb Febuary 4th

We need your help to spread the word that the next Rick Green money bomb is on February 4th.

We need your help in two ways:

1. Get the word out to your friends and family via email and Faceboo.
2. Set aside some money this week to donate on February 4th. Any amount will be a tremendous help, whether it’s $5, $25, $250, or more.

Upcoming Events

• South Brazoria County Candidate Forum – Sunday, Jan 31st More Info
• Texas State College, San Marcos – Wednesday, Feb 3rd More Info
• Wichita Falls TEA Party – Thursday, Feb 4th More Info
• Mesquite TEA Party – Saturday, Feb 6th More Info

Endorsements

“THSC PAC and I are thrilled to support Rick Green for Texas Supreme Court. Not only is he a long-time friend, I know he strongly believes that judges should interpret the law instead of “legislating from the bench.”

Perhaps most importantly he strongly believes that a parent’s right to direct the education and upbringing of their children is a fundamental right protected under the Constitution as articulated most recently by the US Supreme Court in the 2000 Troxel decision.”

—Tim Lambert, Chairman of Texas Home School Coalition PAC*

Want to volunteer?

If you are interested in volunteering, please contact Bryan Shufelt: bryan@rickgreen.com

Dear Friends and Fellow Texans,

It’s time.

It’s time for all of us with traditional Texas values to step up and lead…in our homes, our businesses, our communities, our state, and our nation.

As much as I would love to just coach my boys in baseball and focus all my energy on my own family, this is no longer a time to just enjoy the Blessings of freedom…it is also a time to bear the burden and earn that freedom.

Some Americans earn freedom by putting on a uniform here at home or abroad and putting their life on the line. Others do it by sacrificing time and money to support those around them. For nearly a decade, Kara and the kids and I have been doing it by traveling the nation educating and equipping our fellow Americans to participate in this great Constitutional Republic.

But now it’s time for the Green Family to do more…and we’re asking you to join us once again in an effort to preserve the principles that made America the most successful nation in the world!

Over the last decade, courts have increasingly become the front lines of the struggle in our culture over our basic freedoms and what it means to be an American. Too many justices choose to legislate from the bench rather than uphold the rule of law.

For these reasons, I am running for the Texas Supreme Court, Place 3.

I would like to serve you and our fellow Texans as a Justice that understands the proper role of the courts in our system of freedom…and I need your help to make that possible.

Our campaign kickoff will be November 16th at Old Town in Kyle, Texas. With music from the Kyle Family and the best catfish in Texas from Manchaca Fire Hall, we’re going to kick off a grassroots campaign of fired up citizens like Texas has never seen before! Please consider sponsoring the kickoff and bringing along your family and friends for a special night to remember.

If you are unavailable for the kickoff, but would like to be a sponsor of the event or make a contribution in lieu of attendance, please visit our contribution page.

There is much to do in a very short campaign, so please consider helping with gathering signatures for our required petition, or making calls through our online system, or helping us get the word out at your local republican gatherings.

Thanks so much for your support! May God Bless you and your family, and may He continue to Bless the Great State of Texas!

Rick Green Campaign Kickoff Party (Place 3)

• Date:                     Monday, November 16^th, 2009
• Entertainment:      The Kyle Family
• Price:                     $25 / person & $10 / kid 12 and under
• Doors open:            6:00 pm
• Dinner served:        6:30 pm
• Location:            Texas Old Town

1205 Roland Lane

Kyle, TX 78640

Directions:

Coming From The North

• South on IH-35, Exit 213 (Kyle).
• South on frontage road for 2.7 miles.
• Right on C.R. 137 (Roland Lane).
• West 1 mile to Texas Old Town.

Coming From The South

• North on IH-35, Exit 210 (Yarrington).
• Left at stop sign to cross over IH-35.
• Right at stop sign and continue on frontage road for 1.2 miles.
• Left on C.R. 137 (Roland Lane).
• West 1 mile to Texas Old Town.

For more information, please call 512.858.0974

(Corporate Checks are prohibited by law)

To pay by check, please send required registration form and make checks payable to:

Rick Green for Texas Supreme Court

PO Box 900

Dripping Springs, TX 78620