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Stag Party Candidate

Ana Lisa Garza is running for the Texas House of Representatives, and people are giving her a lot of semen. No, that’s not harassment: these are valuable contributions — $51,000 out of the $87,500 in donations listed on a campaign-finance report from the Starr County judge’s campaign. It really is deer semen, which deer breeders have donated. The report valued each “straw” at $1,000. Fred Gonzalez, the Texas Deer Association’s treasurer and one of the deer-semen donors, said it’s common to donate the stuff in political campaigns. “If you have a desirable animal, it’s a way to bring value without breaking the bank,” he said. (AC/Dallas Morning News) ...If she’s elected, will she represent all of her constituents, or just the interests with the most bucks?
Original Publication Date: 04 March 2018
This story is in True’s book collections, in Volume 24.

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