Chet Edwards For Congress

October 18, 2006
Group taps Edwards, Orr

Cleburne Times Review
Special to the Times-Review

WACO —The Texas Farm Bureau Friends of Agriculture Fund has endorsed incumbents U.S. Rep. Chet Edwards, D-Waco, for the House District 17 seat and state Rep. Rob Orr, R-Burleson, for the Texas House District 58 seat.

“Congressman Edwards has been very effective in watching out for the interests of Central Texas communities and families,” Kenneth Dierschke, Texas Farm Bureau and TFB AGFUND president said. “He was also instrumental in obtaining funding to assist dairy farmers in compliance with overburdening government regulations.”

Edwards, who has served eight terms in Congress, faces Republican Van Taylor in the Nov. 7 election. Edwards held an 89-percent voting record with Texas Farm Bureau AGFUND this session. Orr held a 94-percent successful voting record with Texas Farm Bureau AGFUND on issues important to agriculture and rural Texas during the 79th regular session.

“Representative Orr has championed private property rights, which we all hold dear in farming and ranching,” Dierschke said. “We appreciate all the support he has shown us in the past and look forward to working with him next session.”

Orr has served in the Texas House since 2005. He faces Democrat Greg Kauffman in the race.

AGFUND is Texas Farm Bureau’s political action fund. It is a legal entity separate from the Texas Farm Bureau and may endorse and contribute financially to political candidates. AGFUND is funded only by voluntary contributions from TFB members.