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nity, activity picked up after the November elec-
tion and we have remained active throughout the
winter and the spring."
Bailey said the November election presents
the Democratic Party with the chance to make
"some real inroads" into loosening Republican
control of the Texas Legislature and Congress.
"In the Texas Legislature, we have no chance
to win the Senate. And it will be a real uphill bat-
tle to win the House. But even if we don't win a
majority in the House, we could definitely win
enough seats to keep the Republicans away from
the two-thirds majority mark," he said. "That
two-thirds majority is what it would take to put
another bill like Proposition 2 on the ballot."
But perhaps the biggest draw of the conven-
tion for GLBT Democrats is Maxey's campaign,
the first time an out gay person has been a candi-
date for state party chair.
"I think it speaks volumes that an openly gay
man can run for state party chair and be a viable
candidate;" Bailey said.
Maxey is running against interim party chair
Boyd Richie of Graham, elected earlier this year
when the former chair resigned; Charlie Urbina
Jones of San Antonio; and Latisha Rogers, a
Lyndon LaRouche Youth Movement candidate.
Maxey said this week that while he is friends
with Richie and Jones, "This is about a vision of
where we go from here as a party."
"We [the Texas Democratic Party] have been
doing the same things over and over again for
decades. We have been targeting ourselves out of
the game. The infrastructure of our party has col-
lapsed, and it is time for an aggressive rebuilding
of the party."
Maxey said he believes the success of the
Democratic Party in Texas relies on a change in
the way the party operates. In past years, he said,
the party has focused its efforts and resources on
specific targeted campaigns, and when those
campaigns have ended, so have the party's
efforts.
"Only five counties in the state actually have
party offices. Most of them are still doing this
work on their personal computers at their kitchen
tables," he said. "We have got to start having a
viable, working party all year long, every year."
Bailey said that Boyd and Jones are "both
quite good on GLBT issues .... We can't go
wrong. We are protected all the way around
when it comes to GLBT rights."
Rogers is not considered a viable candidate in
the race, Bailey said.
Bailey said that "more openly-gay people than
ever before" are running for spots on the state
Democratic Executive Committee, the body that
runs the state party between conventions. The
committee is made up of two representatives
from each of the 31 senate districts and nine
"add-on" caucuses, including Stonewall
Democrats.
Stonewall Democrats of Texas was set to hold
its biannual caucus meeting at 1 p.m. Friday, and
state officers for the organization were to be
elected then. Bailey is running for a second term
as president. A1 Daniels of Dallas is seeking re-
election as treasurer; Lisa Thomas of Fort Worth
is running for vice president; and Jimmy Rocha,
out-going party chair for Williamson County, is
seeking to join the caucus as secretary.
Bailey said the convention itself is open to
whomever wants to attend. And with midterm
elections looming in November, Bailey said, it is
"more important than ever before" that GLBT
people get involved in the political process.
The Texas Democratic Convention began
Thursday at the Fort Worth Convention Center
and continues through Saturday evening.
Saturday's schedule begins at 8 a.m. with perma-
nent convention committee meetings. Workshops
begin at 9:30 a.m. after breakfast, and the con-
vention reconvenes at 11 a.m.
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Small AIDS organization
plans big fundraising event
By Tammye Nash Staff Writer
The Greg Dollgener Memorial AIDS Fund
celebrates its 10th anniversary this weekend with
the MetroBall.
The dance party held at a local nightclub will
be a milestone for the group, which in the past
has relied on small parties at the home of founder
David Hearn to fill its coffers, Hearn said.
"We wanted to get more exposure and let
more people know what we're doing," Hearn
said.
The group was started in memory of Hearn's
lover, who died 12 years ago.
Dollgener, who discovered he had AIDS in
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