Endorsements

Here is a list of organizations and individuals who have endorsed me in the 2008 Texas Democratic Party Primary, which I will continue to update. If you want to be added to this list, please send an e-mail entitled "ENDORSEMENT" to me at BaltasarDCruz@aol.com and include your occupation, city, and employer or union affiliation (if you want me to post that information).

community leaders and elected officials
Tyrone D. Gordon - St. Luke "Community" United Methodist Church - Senior Pastor (Dallas, TX)
Dr. Frederick D. Haynes, III - Friendship West Baptist Church - Senior Pastor (Dallas, TX)
Craig Watkins - Dallas District Attorney (Dallas, TX)
Rep. Terri Hodge - Representative, Texas House District 100; Dallas, TX)
Abel Bosquez - Chair, Potter County Democratic Party (Amarillo, TX)
Dwaine R. Carraway - Deputy Mayor Pro Tem, Dist. 4 (Dallas, TX)
Diana Salgado - Chair, Val Verde County Democratic Party (Del Rio, TX)
Tennell Atkins - Dallas City Councilman, Dist. 8 (Dallas, TX)
Sal Espino - Fort Worth City Councilman, Dist. 2 (Fort Worth, TX)
Ronald Hankins - Sommervell County Attorney (Glen Rose, TX)
Joyce Batson - District Clerk of Madison County (Madisonville, TX)
Maria Maldia - Treasurer, Lubbock County Democratic Party (Lubbock, TX)
Kenn Goldblatt - Tarrant County Democratic Party Chair, Precinct #1167 (Fort Worth, TX)
Jeannette Hernandez - Bexar County Democratic Party Chair, Precinct #1078 (San Antonio, TX)
Jesus Salgado - Val Verde County Democratic Party Chair, Precinct #31 (Del Rio, TX)
Susan Shelton - Travis County Democratic Party Chair, Precinct #160 (Austin, TX)

organizations
Austin Lesbian/Gay Political Caucus (Austin, TX)
Executive Board of Local Lodge 2210 of the International Association of Machinist and Aerospace Workers (IAM&AW local 2210) (San Antonio, TX)
Executive Board of Local Lodge 3807 of the American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees Union Correctional Employees Council 7 (AFSCME/CEC7 local 3807) (Huntsville, TX)
Hispanic Bar Association of Austin (Austin, TX)
Mexican American Bar Association of Houston (Houston, TX)
South Austin Democrats (Austin, TX)
Southwest Austin Democrats (Austin, TX)
Stonewall Democrats of Austin (Austin, TX)
Stonewall Democrats of San Antonio (San Antonio, TX)
Tejano Democrats of Dallas County (Dallas, TX)

other community leaders
Goree Anderson - Chief Deputy, Harris County Constable's Dept., Precinct 7 (Houston, TX)
Adan Ballesteros - Deputy Constable, Precinct 3; Democratic Candidate for Constable, Precinct 2 (Austin, TX)
Ben Bradshaw - UAPP 100 - President (Dallas, TX)
Ed Coleman - Democratic Candidate for Constable (San Antonio, TX)
Dwight Fulingim - Democratic Candidate for U.S. House Dist. 19 (Lubbock, TX)
Kenn Goldblatt - Democratic Action & Working Group (DAWG) Chairperson (Fort Worth, TX)
Mike Hinojosa - CWA 6171 - Legislative Director (Aubrey, TX)
Larry Laznovsky - CWA 6290 Retired Members Club - President (Ennis, TX)
Ricardo Medrano - labor activist (Dallas, TX)
Rolando Medrano - Texas Lottery Commission - North Region Supervisor (Dallas, TX)
Larry Morgan - IAM&AW 2210 - President (San Antonio, TX)
Pete Negrete - unopposed candidate for Democratic County Chair of Burleson County (Sommerville, TX)
Veronica Uriegas - Mexican American Research Center - Vice President (Austin, TX)

attorneys
James M. Andersen - James M. Andersen, Esq. Attorney at Law (Houston, TX)
Jonathan T. Bickham - Crain Caton & James - Shareholder (Houston, TX)
Troy Brown - Mock and Brown - partner (Burnet, TX)
Eric Cedillo - Law Offices of Eric Cedillo, P.C. (Dallas, TX)
Liz Cedillo Pereira - Cedillo-Pereira & Cedillo, P.C. (Dallas, TX)
Randy Cobb - attorney (Dallas, TX)
Sal Espino - Fort Worth City Councilman, Dist. 2 (Fort Worth, TX)
Luis Feldstein - Berg & Androphy - partner (Houston, TX)
Harry J. Fisk - Law Offices of Harry J. Fisk (Dallas, TX)
Paul J. Franzetti - Epeus Group - Vice President and General Counsel (Houston, TX)
Mayda Gil de la Madrid - Mayda Gil de la Madrid Attorney at Law (Houston, TX)
Ronald Hankins - Sommervell County Attorney (Glen Rose, TX)
Stephanie Harrison - Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. (Houston, TX)
Eric L. Johnson - Eric L. Johnson, Attorney at Law (Dallas, TX)
Leo John Jordan - Shannon, Gracey, Ratliff & Miller, L.L.P. (Dallas, TX)
John Kechejian - attorney (Irving, TX)
Nadine King-Mays - The King Mays Firm (Dallas, TX)
T.B. "Nick" Nicholas - attorney (Dallas, TX)
Terry Oxford - Susman Godfrey L.L.P. - partner/head of Dallas Office (Dallas, TX)
Scott H. Palmer - Scott H. Palmer, P.C. (Dallas, TX)
Angelica Salinas Evans - Hispanic Bar Association of Austin - President (Austin, TX)
John W. Stilwell - Law Office of John Stilwell (Irving, TX)
Harry Susman - Susman Godfrey L.L.P. - partner (Houston, TX)
Steve Susman - Susman Godfrey L.L.P. - name partner (Houston, TX)
Scott Thrash - attorney (Dallas, TX)
Craig Watkins - Dallas District Attorney (Dallas, TX)
Kirk D. Willis - Guida, Slavich & Flores, P.C. - partner (Dallas, TX)

Union Members/Labor Activists
Rick Beaudin - UAPP 100 - Treasurer (Dallas, TX)
Abel Bosquez - IAM&AW 1255 (Amarillo, TX)
Ben Bradshaw - UAPP 100 - President (Dallas, TX)
Lou Ann Brown - labor activist (Springtown, TX)
Tony Chenevert - AFT 2260 (Dallas, TX)
Renee Cicero - IAM&AW 2210 (Blanco, TX)
James "Bubba" Fain - UAPP 100 - former President (Dallas, TX)
Mark Freeman - CWA (Grand Prairie, TX)
John Gutierrez - NAOLC (Austin, TX)
Lesa Herring - labor activist (Trinity, TX)
Mike Hinojosa - CWA 6171 - Legislative Director (Aubrey, TX)
Dyan Hutchins - AFGE 2139 - Executive Vice President (Houston, TX)
Larry Knott - labor activist
Larry Laznovsky - CWA 6290 Retired Members Club - President (Ennis, TX)
Robert Mahle - CWA 6222 - Vice President (Houston, TX)
Ricardo Medrano - labor activist (Dallas, TX)
Angela Mejia - Houston Federation of Teachers (Houston, TX)
Joe Minjares - labor activist (Port La Vaca, TX)
Larry Morgan - IAM&AW 2210 - President (San Antonio, TX)
Carolyn Parker - CWA 6290 Retired Members Club (Dallas, TX)
Gilbert Ramos - NAOLC 2309 (Arlington, TX)
Don Roush - CWA 6290 Retired Members Club (Dallas, TX)
Donna St. Clair - CWA (Dallas, TX)
Maureen Samuels - IAM&AW 2339H (Huntsville, TX)
Betty Traylor - CWA 6290 Retired Members Club (Dallas, TX)
Bridget Weiss - IAM&AW 2339H - Grievance Representative (Houston, TX)
Willie D. Wilson, Jr. - GMP 259 (Austin, TX)

other individuals
Goree Anderson - Chief Deputy, Harris County Constable's Dept., Precinct 7 (Houston, TX)
Adan Ballesteros - Deputy Constable, Precinct 3; Democratic Candidate for Constable, Precinct 2 (Austin, TX)
Angie Barrientos - Adelante Solutions - Strategic Consultant (Austin, TX)
Bob Bullard - educational consultant (Glen Rose, TX)
Gail Bullard - Democratic Candidate for Precinct Chair, Precinct #1, Sommervell County (Glen Rose, TX)
W.C. Bullard - Bullard Welding & Fabrication - President (Madisonville, TX)
Tina Castaneda - community activist (San Antonio, TX)
Ed Coleman - Democratic Candidate for Constable (San Antonio, TX)
Judith D'Amico - political activist (Glen Rose, TX)
Elia Davila - retired secretary (Houston, TX)
William E. Dendy - Elite Financial Management - President (Dallas, TX)
Kelly Dykes - Essential Corporate Solutions, Inc. - President (Garland, TX)
Gilbert A. Flores - Democratic political activist (Lubbock, TX)
Dwight Fulingim - Democratic Candidate for U.S. House Dist. 19 (Lubbock, TX)
Eve Fullingim - loving wife of Democratic Candidate for U.S. House Dist. 19 (Lubbock, TX)
Alonzo "Lonnie" Garcia - Texas Dept. of Transportation (Corpus Christi, TX)
Janelle Gartrell - Democratic Candidate for Precinct Chair, Precinct #1, Sommervell County (Glen Rose, TX)
Tyrone D. Gordon - St. Luke "Community" United Methodist Church - Senior Pastor
Debbie Harper - web specialist (Glen Rose, TX)
Mike Harris - Quick Lane Manager, Park Place Ford (Dallas, TX)
Johnathon Huynh - Kim Son Restaurant - Manager (Houston, TX)
Clyde James - political activist (Lubbock, TX)
Neil Johnson - Johnson Settlement Resources - President (Allen, TX)
David Kobierowski - community activist (Austin, TX)
Tim M. Lucas (Austin, TX)
Terron McDonald - Avalar Real Estate Associates - Realtor (Austin, TX)
Laurie McElroy - University of North Texas - Assistant Track Coach (Denton, TX)
Rolando Medrano - Texas Lottery Commission - North Region Supervisor (Dallas, TX)
Ethel Moorman - math and SAT tutor (Richardson, TX)
Jill Murawski - Jill's Nail Perfections - owner (Dallas, TX)
Pete Negrete - unopposed candidate for Democratic County Chair of Burleson County (Sommerville, TX)
Marvin Phillipus - Democratic Party activist (Austin, TX)
Tony Robinson - 24 Hour Fitness - Master Trainer (Austin, TX)
Cesar Rocher - Shell - engineer (Manvel, TX)
Virginia Schilz - Democratic Party activist (Austin, TX)
Ballinder Singh - Clay Pit Restaurant - Head Chef (Austin, TX)
Michael Smith - Labor Solutions of Texas - Office Manager (Houston, TX)
Steven Solis - Pic-N-Pac - 2nd Shift Crewleader (Seguin, TX)
Mayra Sorondo - Isla Coqui Puerto Rican Restaurant & Bar - Manager (Houston, TX)
Scarlett Steakley - T3 (Austin, TX)
Sally Totenbier, MA, NCC, ADTR - The Children's Assessment Center - Dance/Movement Therapist (Houston, TX)
Captain Delaney K. Trimble - ConocoPhillips - Pilot/Aviation Safety Inspector (Houston, TX)
Veronica Uriegas - Mexican American Research Center - Vice President (Austin, TX)
Marisol Vega - Isla Coqui Puerto Rican Restaurant & Bar - Owner (Houston, TX)
B.K. Wagner - retired educator (Burnet, TX)
George Wynne - Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor (Houston, TX)
Louise Wynne - educator (Houston, TX)