Independent Leadership for a New Direction
Thank you for visiting my campaign website.
I’m a Democrat running to become your next Texas Senator from District 11, and I believe we need independent leadership in Austin. That’s why I’m asking for the support of all Senate District 11 constituents - Independents, Democrats, and Republicans. I intend to exercise sound judgment for the citizens and businesses of this district, and I will not be seduced by power, money or special interests. District 11 constituents deserve to feel proud of their Senator, and you have my promise that I will work hard to earn your respect and support. We all must work together to keep Texas great.
We can help our families stay healthier, make our communities stronger, expand our economy, protect the quality of the air we breathe, and demand more open and accountable leadership in Austin.
However, we need your help to win this election. You play a vital role in this campaign and in helping turn the page in Austin. Please continue to send me your best ideas, and volunteer your time and generous financial help. Together, we can create change!
Thank you,
Joe Jaworski has been endorsed by:
Harris County AFL-CIO
Service Employees International Union (SEIU) and Houston Organization of Public Employees (HOPE)
Texas American Federation of Teachers
Texas Classroom Teachers Association
Texas State Teacher Association/Texas Faculty Association/National Education Association
Texas Progressive Alliance
Click here to see a list of all of Joe’s Endorsements.
WATERGATE ACROSS THE GENERATIONS
I had a unique opportunity in Austin last week to meet with former White House Counsel John Dean. We compared notes between the political corruption he helped expose a generation ago when my grandfather, Leon Jaworski, was investigating the Nixon Administration and the corrosive partisanship that has mired the U.S. And Texas Capitols in special interest gridlock today.
“There was a striking degree of secrecy they had imposed very early [and] this lack of transparency always has serious consequences,” Mr. Dean said.
Reporter Vince Leibowitz captured some of the moment in a post for Austin’s KXAN-TV. More…
Harris on the Colorado
Austin Chronicle
By Richard Whittaker
It’s no secret that Harris County is key for the Democrats’ Turn Texas Blue strategy. So this morning’s NetRoots Nation meet-and-great forum for Texas candidates was, unsurprisingly dominated by Houston-area Hopefuls: former Galveston city council member Joe “Thundersticks” Jaworski running in Senate District 11, education activist and House District 129 candidate Sherrie Matula, Rep. Rick Noriega (going after U.S. Sen. John Cornyn), and renewable energy businessman and Congressional District TX-7 heavy-hitter Mike Skelly. The hope is the netroots will add some national name awareness and some cash contributions.
JAWORSKI TO REPORT MORE THAN $800,000 RAISED IN TEXAS SENATE CAMPAIGN
Democratic Challenger’s Latest Report Shows Successful Fundraising From More Than 1,265 Individual Donors
(AUSTIN) - With the intensity continuing to grow behind his campaign and internal poll numbers showing a dead-even race against the 20-year incumbent, Texas Senate candidate Joe Jaworski today said that he will report raising more than $801,000 from 1,267 individual contributors in his race thus far, capping another successful fundraising period.
“More and more Texans are eager to invest in a new day and a new direction,” Jaworski said. “Too many challenges are going unmet, and voters know that more of the same isn’t good enough.”
Jaworski will report a total of $801,218 raised to date, including $345,209.50 during the first six months of this year. His latest report shows more than $410,390 cash on hand after winning his primary race in March. More…
Joe Jaworski - Helping Kids be Kids
By Pamela Ferguson
The Houston Lawyer
Joe Jaworski considers giving a thrill in and of itself. He believes that the greatest gift we can give young people is a sense of security so that they are free to be children. According to Joe, something diminishes in society if kids can’t be kids. He illustrates this belief through his active service to The Children’s Center, and in particular to Juan Perez, an undocumented Guatemalan youth.
The Children’s Center (www.thechildrenscenterinc.org) is a child-welfare organization dedicated to meeting the ongoing and future needs of Galveston-area youth and their families. It assists children who have been abused and neglected by, among other things, providing transitional housing for children who have no other safe place to stay. It is one of the oldest non-profits in Galveston, its programs having served the Houston-Galveston area since 1878.
Joe began his involvement with The Children’s Center in 2005 when the Center honored his work as Mayor Pro Tem at a local fundraiser. Shortly thereafter, Joe joined the Center’s board of directors. At the Children’s Center, Joe has been involved in its committee for policies and procedures and in fundraising. More…
Make College Affordable For Texas Families Again
By Joe Jaworski
Forty-five years ago this month, Alabama Governor George Wallace infamously stood in the schoolhouse door to try to stop a generation of students from attending classes.
Five years ago this month, Texas political leaders essentially did the same thing when they pushed through a deregulation bill that sent tuition rates at the state’s public colleges and universities skyrocketing — pricing a generation of otherwise eligible Texas students out of a college education.
Let’s reopen the doors of higher education by making college affordable again for the Texas families who foot the bills for our higher education system. More…
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