Voting Resources
Blake Farenthold
April 27th, 2018
Texas Governor Greg Abbott asked former U.S. Representative Blake Farenthold (R-TX) to pay for the cost of the special election forced by his resignation. Farenthold announced his exit following a revelation that he used...
March 16th, 2015
Our transportation network is something many Americans take for granted. When it works, it usually goes unnoticed. But when it doesn’t function efficiently – when we are stuck in traffic or held up at the airport – it...
June 12th, 2014
FORT WORTH, Texas—As thousands of unaccompanied minors stream seemingly effortlessly into South Texas, a humanitarian crisis is developing of the kind never seen before in modern American history. State and federal officials...
May 22nd, 2014
HOUSTON,Texas—The U.S. House of Representatives passed a series of bills on Tuesday attacking various aspects of our national problem of human trafficking. Texas is currently one of the nation’s hubs for human trafficking...
August 26th, 2013
I recently invited Congressman Mac Thornberry (TX-13), fellow Texan and Vice Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, to visit the 27th District to get a personal glimpse into the outstanding work of our service men...
September 26th, 2012
While in Washington, DC this month, I sat down with South Texas Congressman Blake Farenthold from Corpus Christi, TX. Farenthold sits on the House Oversight Committee which has been looking deeply into an issue I have been...
April 27th, 2012
Adela Garza, Republican candidate for CD-34, was interviewed by Gustavo Monsante Wednesday afternoon for his Univision program Voz y Voto, the number one Spanish political show in Texas. Tune in to watch the airing Saturday...
November 19th, 2010
The NRCC welcomed the incoming freshman Republican U.S. Representatives to Congress at the Capital Hill Club in Washington, DC on November 18. Blake Farenthold, representing Texas Congressional District 27, was present and...
November 12th, 2010
Interesting politics are a-brewin’ in Deep South Texas this month after incumbent U.S. Rep. Solomon Ortiz (TX-27) was defeated by Republican Blake Farenthold last week.
November 3rd, 2010
Results for the 27th Congressional District of the Texas General Election between Democratic incumbent Solomon Ortiz and Republican Blake Farenthold:
August 13th, 2015
Texas Congressman Rep. Blake Farenthold (R-TX) responded to the revelation that Hillary Clinton lied about classified emails sent from her personal server.
August 8th, 2014
BASTROP – Now that Congress is on recess following an ugly meltdown over immigration and border security last week, lawmakers in Texas and around the country are diving into the time-honored...
June 5th, 2014
HOUSTON, Texas—President Barack Obama accepted the resignation of Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki on Friday and named Deputy Secretary Sloan D. Gibson as acting Secretary. The rare display of accountability leaves...
March 27th, 2014
HBO Comedian Bill Maher recently named Texas Rep. Blake Farenthold as a candidate for his “Flip a District” project along with other Members of Congress he may take interest in defeating in 2014, according to local reports....
July 13th, 2013
WASHINGTON— U.S. Congressmen Blake Farenthold (R-TX) and Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) today introduced H.R. 2639, The Patent Litigation and Innovation Act of 2013, which is intended to protect downstream users of technology from...
May 23rd, 2012
During my trip through South Texas this month to talk about the changing political scene, a couple of issues rose to the top. The first being energy. Energy is HUGE in this region of Texas. The entire economic engine has...
November 23rd, 2010
It took him 3 weeks and a $23,500 recount, but Democrat Solomon Ortiz (TX-27) has finally conceded the race to Republican Blake Farenthold! This was a huge upset for the Democrats.
November 13th, 2010
Included in the GOP wave that swept Texas Democrats back to being even more irrelevant than they already were, were five Latino Republicans and two black Republicans. Let that sink in for a minute. Yes, nearly one-third of...
November 12th, 2010
"It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare." - Mark TwainTexas has nine Congressmen who managed to survive the “shellacking” by the GOP vote. SHEILA JACKSON LEE District...
November 1st, 2010
BREAKING NEWS!Since October 12th, the race for the 27th Congressional District of Texas between South Texas legend Solomon Oritz and Radio Talk Show Host, Blake Farenthold, has slipped from Safe Democrat to...
