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[Exilednight]

158. I'll answer one of your questions.

You asked "Why all this money and time over a mayors race when we have a good chance to win a Congressional seat?"

The overwhelming majority of political decisions that affect your life are made at the local level. Those local level decisions can have major national implications.

A great example is public school textbooks. Since Texas has the largest public school system in the country they set the standard for what goes inside textbooks across the nation.

Another reason is control of federal government. Most court appointees are found on the local and state levels. There are over 30,000 state elected (that number doesn't include local municipal or county judges) appointed judges throughout the country. On the federal level there are less than 3000.

Like most jobs, judges come up through the ranks by serving on local and state benches. If we keep conceding, like we have been, local elections to Republicans, then we can look forward to even more conservative judges.