by wildcherry on Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010 | Knowledge, Life

Tuesday March 2nd 2010, is Texas Independence Day and also voting day for the 2010 Texas Gubernatorial Primary Election. The Texas Primary on the GOP side features two Republicans who both claim the true conservative mantle.

Texans with their strong independent spirit declared independence from Mexico on March 2, 1836.

59 signers of the Texas Declaration of Independence gathered in a blacksmith shop at Washington-on-the-Brazos and formally split from Mexico to form the Republic of Texas. The signing came less than a year after the first battle of the Texas Revolution was fought in Oct. 1835 in Gonzales. Texas won independence when the revolutionary army won the decisive Battle of San Jacinto on April 21, 1836.

Texas later joined the United States in 1845. Now, Texas and Texans are continuing the political traditions of the state with Primary Elections. With the GOP in a three way race the Democratic ticket seems more straightforward.

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