Facing allegations that he is deliberately and illegally circumventing Texas’ “Resign-To-Run” laws, NRCC recruit Tano Tijerina has pushed back an event where he is expected for formally “launch” his campaign by 24 hours – exactly how long he would need to no longer be required by Texas law to resign his current position and lose his cushy $126,000taxpayer-fundedsalary.
Tijerina is already facing an FEC complaint that alleges he has been “falsely operating under an ‘exploratory committee’ while running for Congress because ‘he does not want to face the state-law consequences of declaring his candidacy.’”
According to Texas law, if Tijerina became a candidate for Congress on or before December 1st, he would have to resign his current Webb County Judge seat.
Conveniently, Tijerina’s campaign event, originally scheduled for December 1st, has been postponed to December 2nd.
DCCC Spokesperson Madison Andrus:
“An FEC complaint is not how I’d want to start off a campaign for Congress. Tijerina is already grasping at straws and trying to pull the wool over voters’ eyes. South Texans deserve dedicated public servants, not politicians playing political games at the taxpayers’ expense.”
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