We were blown away by the interest in this event! The location was standing room only with several hundred people that attended throughout the night. Additionally, we had an unprecedentedly strong candidate response with 26 candidates attending, 3 of which are incumbents. For those of you that were not able to join us for this important event, we wanted to proved the following information for you:

1. Candidate Forum – Texas Marijuana Policy: Texas State Representatives and Texas State Senators – Part One.
2. Candidate Forum – Texas Marijuana Policy: Us Congressional Races – Part Two.
3. Learn more about candidates stances by checking out our Voter Guide for the 2018 Primary Elections. And if you live in the greater Austin area, we made a voting record sheet for the legislators in your area.

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• By becoming A MONTHLY DONOR for the Texas NORML Lobby Campaign, you can give us a budget to plan on and with! When there is a reliable stream of income we can more efficiently execute our strategy.
• Make a one-time donation towards Texas NORML’s mission to increase public awareness of current laws regarding cannabis, as well as the legislative system and legislation regarding cannabis consumers in Texas.
• Become dues paying member of Texas NORML. We have several levels of membership that comes with some great merchandise.
• Now available! Tax-deductible donations – You can do so through our 501c3 sister organization, Foundation for an Informed Texas (FIT).

List of candidates who participated:

Texas State House of Representatives

Les Carnes, D – Texas State Representative, District 45

Sheryl Cole, D – Texas State Representative, District 46

Jose “Chito” Vela, D – Texas State Representative, District 46

Casey McKinney, D – Texas State Representative, District 46

Vikki Goodwin, D – Texas State Representative, District 47

Elaina Fowler. D – Texas State Representative, District 47

Donna Howard, D – Texas State Representative, District 48 (Incumbent)

Gina Hinojosa, D – Texas State Representative, District 49 (Incumbent)

Celia Israel, D – Texas State Representative, District 50 (Incumbent)

Texas State Senate

Shannon McLendon, R – Texas State Senator, District 25

US Congress

Matt Harris, D – Congressional District 10

Mike Siegel, D – Congressional District 10

Kevin Nelson, D – Congressional District 10

Tami Walker, D – Congressional District 10

Bill Kelsey, L – Congressional District 10

Dale Mantey, D – Congressional District 17

Peter Churchman, L – Congressional District 17

Samuel Temple, R – Congressional District 21

Mary Wilson, D –  Congressional District 21

Julie Oliver, D – Congressional District 25

Chris Perri, D – Congressional District 25

Chetan Panda, D – Congressional District 25

Kathi Thomas, D – Congressional District 25

Mike Clark, D – Congressional District 31

David Smalling, R – Congressional District 35