I have seen some of the negative ads for this Texas State Representative campaign on the local TV here in El Paso, but now it is really getting personal:
Naomi Gonzalez
State Rep. Norma Chávez is employing a risky, negative strategy, publicly saying challenger Naomi Gonzalez is a lesbian and should come out.
Other Democrats, including El Paso County party chairman, Danny Anchondo, dislike Chávez’s use of sexual orientation as a campaign sword.
Anchondo said such tactics hurt and divide the party, which has always focused on inclusion.
“If somebody is lesbian or gay, our arms are open to all these individuals,” Anchondo said. “All these people are part of the party, so I don’t understand why someone would be using those terms to attack somebody.”
Gonzalez does not respond to Chávez’s baiting about her sexual orientation, nor will she discuss it.
“This campaign is not about me,” Gonzalez said. “This is about Norma Chávez, and this is another desperate attempt on her part to distract from her own record.” [El Paso Times]
Read the rest at the link, but I don’t think I have ever seen another politician attack their rival quite like this. I don’t know anything about either of them, but these attacks on Gonzalez seem like desperation to me.
