claim: texas state reps. dan branch and jim pitts, lieutenants to house speaker joe straus, “are helping democrat ellen cohen against her republican challenger, doing events with her in her district.”
author: david barton
evidence_1: conservatives outnumber liberals in all fifty states, including even vermont, new.  york, and ... republican joe straus became texas house speaker in 2009  because of .... straus lieutenants dan branch and jim pitts are helping democrat  ellen cohen against her republican challenger, doing events with her in her  district.
evidence_2: texas state reps. dan branch and jim pitts, lieutenants to house speaker joe  straus, “are helping democrat ellen cohen against her republican challenger, ...
evidence_3: results 1 - 20 of 36 ... republicans push redistricting through, public opinion be damned ... but over in  the red room, house speaker pete laney assigned his friend and ... week,  supporting challenger anette carlisle and incumbent delwin jones..." ... and  ruth jones mcclendon, d-san antonio, as their four-year terms expire.
evidence_4: dan branch and jim pitts, lieutenants to house speaker joe straus, “are helping  democrat ellen cohen against her republican challenger, doing events with her  in her district.” ... jim keffer, a gop lieutenant to house speaker joe straus, "did  mail pieces for democrat mark strama to help him defeat" a republican.
evidence_5: republican primary and almost 3 million kingsville, rep. ... session with  speaker politics. ... goals to which their peers and others in the industry may  aspire. “in my .... amarillo. l auren poindexter. odessa. house. district.  republican. democrat ... kenneth franks. pineland. joe allport. garrison. 10. jim  pitts**. waxahachie.